Renegade XJ
NAXJA Forum User
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- corona ca
This is more of an informative post to help out those who may be looking to do the same up-grade. First off, I spent a lot of time deciding whether to go with a Currie set-up, Moog ZJ steering, or AutoZone ZJ steering. If I had the funds, I would have gone with a Currie set-up no questions asked, but being priced at $450 it was way out of my budget. So Moog was my second choice, but to do a complete Mood set up (Tie rod, Drag link, TRE's and adjuster's) I was looking at a little over $300...I just couldnt justify that for basicly "stock" steering. I started looking around at doing a Chevy 1ton setup, but then you got to re-locate the track-bar bla bla bla. Not what I was looking to do. My other thought was just doing a tie rod upgrade, but I would still be stuck with small TRE's. Thus, the AutoZone ZJ upgrade. I must say the TRE's are considerably bigger, of course the tie-rod was bigger, but what I didnt expect (because I never read anything about it) was that the drag link was way bigger than the stock XJ one. So if your wanting to do this upgrade I say go for it! I couldnt be happier. and for about $140 total I cant complain.
These are the part numbers you will need:
DS1312
DS1311
ES3096 (You need 2 of these)
ES2079S (You need 2 of these also)
With those part numbers you will have everything you need to replace your complete steering setup. I hope these part numbers will help somebody out, because I had a hard time finding the part number for the drag-link and TRE that goes at the pit-man arm. The AutoZone computer shows the part number for the pit-man arm TRE as ES3095, which is wrong.
My only other recommendation would be to relocate the tie-rod above the knuckle. I will be doing this soon.
These are the part numbers you will need:
DS1312
DS1311
ES3096 (You need 2 of these)
ES2079S (You need 2 of these also)
With those part numbers you will have everything you need to replace your complete steering setup. I hope these part numbers will help somebody out, because I had a hard time finding the part number for the drag-link and TRE that goes at the pit-man arm. The AutoZone computer shows the part number for the pit-man arm TRE as ES3095, which is wrong.
My only other recommendation would be to relocate the tie-rod above the knuckle. I will be doing this soon.
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