RalphXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Columbiana, OH
Ok here is some background on this project:
Ford F150 D44, Chevy flatop knuckles, Poision Spyder Customs high steer arms, Custom steering links, 1ton TREs, JKS custom track-bar. Redneck Ram Hydro Assist. Every single nut and bolt and every thing gave me problems! There isn't a single piece on this entire setup that hasn't caused me headaches!
I did all the high steer stuff first, and wanted to test it out before the hydro-assist went on. I took it out, wheeled it acouple of times, everything worked perfect! Here is what the steering looked like without the hydro:
You can see in red where the ram mount was designed to go.
Here is how much clearance I had between the tie-rod and the track-bar bolt:
I thought i had the steering all done, and all figured out, till I went to mount the hydro assist!
Basicly there is NO room for the ram, anywhere except under the tie-rod, and that would last about 15seconds in the rocks! Here is what my steering looks like currently, at full lock, I have less then 1/8in between the tie-rod and the trackbar bolt. With the ram mounted it would hit the ram, and the where the ram mounts to the tie-rod would hit the diff, or the ARB line, or both.
If I moved the tie-rod out to the outter hole on the arm, it would put the tierod directly below the pitman arm, and it would hit on even the smallest bump! Plus, if I moved the draglink out to the high steer arm, then my track bar would be too short, causing bump steer!
This would be the perfect setup IF my high steer arms had one hole right between the 2 it has! It would give me good clearence around stuff, and also enough room to mount the ram! As it sits now, the pitman arm would still hit the tie-rod!
Does anyone have any thoughts on what i should do or try? I'm really sick of this steering project, but I want to get it right, i dont want to mess with doing it half assed!
Those of you who have high-steer, what arms are you using, and what is the distance from the stud and the TRE mounting hole??? I can get any other pictures you'd like, just let me know, I really want to get this figured out!
Ford F150 D44, Chevy flatop knuckles, Poision Spyder Customs high steer arms, Custom steering links, 1ton TREs, JKS custom track-bar. Redneck Ram Hydro Assist. Every single nut and bolt and every thing gave me problems! There isn't a single piece on this entire setup that hasn't caused me headaches!
I did all the high steer stuff first, and wanted to test it out before the hydro-assist went on. I took it out, wheeled it acouple of times, everything worked perfect! Here is what the steering looked like without the hydro:
You can see in red where the ram mount was designed to go.
Here is how much clearance I had between the tie-rod and the track-bar bolt:
I thought i had the steering all done, and all figured out, till I went to mount the hydro assist!
Basicly there is NO room for the ram, anywhere except under the tie-rod, and that would last about 15seconds in the rocks! Here is what my steering looks like currently, at full lock, I have less then 1/8in between the tie-rod and the trackbar bolt. With the ram mounted it would hit the ram, and the where the ram mounts to the tie-rod would hit the diff, or the ARB line, or both.
If I moved the tie-rod out to the outter hole on the arm, it would put the tierod directly below the pitman arm, and it would hit on even the smallest bump! Plus, if I moved the draglink out to the high steer arm, then my track bar would be too short, causing bump steer!
This would be the perfect setup IF my high steer arms had one hole right between the 2 it has! It would give me good clearence around stuff, and also enough room to mount the ram! As it sits now, the pitman arm would still hit the tie-rod!
Does anyone have any thoughts on what i should do or try? I'm really sick of this steering project, but I want to get it right, i dont want to mess with doing it half assed!
Those of you who have high-steer, what arms are you using, and what is the distance from the stud and the TRE mounting hole??? I can get any other pictures you'd like, just let me know, I really want to get this figured out!