My new steering!!! Check it out

jiltedjester · May 6, 2009

3/4" X 3/4" teflon hiems, 1 3/8" X 3/8" wall DOM, and some help from a good friend of mine... AK07.

next up is re-locating the track bar bracket and brace the steering box.

TORX · May 6, 2009

That's kind of the route I want to go with mine.

So is there contact with the track bar mount, or are you raising it for better geometry with the drag link?

2xtreme · May 7, 2009

TORX said:
That's kind of the route I want to go with mine.

So is there contact with the track bar mount, or are you raising it for better geometry with the drag link?

Mine is 1" Diameter and it touches the TB in the stock location. It does limit steering slightly turning right but not too bad. Moving the TB up would be the best option.
Michael

WheelinJR · May 7, 2009

Dustin you ought to save up for the Teraflex kit or look into doing the WJ knuckle conversion with some 1 ton rod ends.

I saw a totaled WJ on CL the other day being parted out.

jiltedjester · May 7, 2009

i think he should go this route... anyways im moving the TB up for geometry and clearence. this setup only cost me like $250.

ALL PLAY · May 7, 2009

Nice job! I just did mine recently and I am having trouble flexing. The heims are limiting it. I but a bed on the knuckle end. I also put my bolts the other way just case i loose me nuts. LOL! Just food for thought.

jiltedjester · May 7, 2009

did you use locking nuts? if so what kind, metal or ny-lock. you should have only bent your drag link up at the pitman are. all-n-all your setup looks great.

ALL PLAY · May 7, 2009

In this photo I had just regular nuts. I ended putting ny-lock. As you can see the pitman heim is done. They make a different heim but then the collar is scary thin.
By chance do you have any flex shots with your system?

jiltedjester · May 8, 2009

no i dont yet... ill try to get you some soon

2xtreme · May 8, 2009

I have Heims in my steering also. All though they do limit droop on the pasenger side slightly I can still easily drop my coils out if I allowed them so the Heims are not an issue. It doesn't look like you are useing hi misalignment heim washers either which would help. I am useing QA1's for referance.

As far as limiting steering, with my 1" ok tube I still have slightly limited steering turning right. You haven't commented on this yet but I am assuming with your larger OD tube you likely have more significant limited steering. This would apply to the standard track bar mount on the axle on the D30.

Michael

jiltedjester · May 11, 2009

hey "all play" heres those pics i said i would put up...

looks like im gettin more then enough movement with these hiems.

ALL PLAY · May 12, 2009

Jiltedjester, That's sweet I guess I will have to look at something different. Where did you get you pitman heim from?

jiltedjester · May 12, 2009

all my hiems are from skyler at sky-manufacturing same with my misalignment spacers.

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