Homebrew Inverted T Steering using Furd Stuff

I've been thinking and cobbling ideas together...
I know what joints I can use for everything BUT the passenger side TRE...so I did a little searching and came up with this:


Very similar to Rugged Ridge however slightly longer...
This is a draglink off of a late 80's Ford Ranger, the only problem I have encountered is I do not know what the taper of the TRE is for this DL.

I think that I can make this work...but I would love some other opinions, am I running into a unopened can of worms using a draglink this long? I am kinda worried about the amount of leverage there would be on the threads... or would it really not be that bad?

I definitely think I can make this work

I don't want to ream the knuckles....

That kick is going to contribute to "rolling".

but would the "poly" spacer fix aid that situation? Rolling is a concern for me as I get it with the stock y setup...

J-Roc said:

but would the "poly" spacer fix aid that situation? Rolling is a concern for me as I get it with the stock y setup...

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you shouldn;t get any rolling with the inverted Y steering. the drag link connects directly to the passenger side knuckle. you should not have any rolling unless your TRE are in really bad shape

IntrepidXJ said:

inverted Y steering. the drag link connects directly to the passenger side knuckle.

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It does?

Slo-Sho said:

It does?

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uh yeah....that is the stock steering setup on an XJ (also the Currie steering setup)