ert01
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
So I need some opinions here... I'll try to post up pics of my current steering in a bit but for now I'll just give you the description and my gameplan and if you could give me feedback on how to do it right, that'd be appreciated
Currently I'm running 4.5" of lift in my 93 XJ. It has the stock HP D30 up front and I'm running stock steering with a redrilled and plated trackbar mount. I know it's not good to run that much lift and the stock steering which is why I'm gonna fix it. I get some half bad bumpsteer right now (not horrible, but definately noticeable) and my steering has quite a large dead zone in it... makes highway driving not too fun since it tends to wander a bit. I think that's a combinations of the old TRE's being shot and the angles of the stock steering and a tired steering box.
Now I have another HP D30 I plan to put in my Jeep and I want to do what I can to fix my steering when I do my axle swap. I have a new steeringbox, a V8 ZJ tierod and draglink complete with new TRE's all around, a BDS adjustable trackbar and some of the goferit OTK flipserts.
Now I could put the new D30 in with the adj. trackbar and the V8 tierod and do the drivers side OTK flip, or I could do the full OTK flip but I'd need to buy the RHD draglink for that. (I'm running 15x8 steelies with 3.25" BS so I don't think I'll have any issues there... but I will need to make some new swaybar brackets so the tierod clears them).
Would doing the full OTK flip help my steering any more then the half OTK flip or is it simply for extra clearance that people do the full OTK flip? Would there be a lot of benefit to cutting off the old trackbar mount on the axle end and welding my own raised bracket on there?
Does my current gameplan of doing the 1/2 OTK flip with the above mentioned parts seem like it'll solve my problems or is there something I'm overlooking still?
Thanks!
Mark
Currently I'm running 4.5" of lift in my 93 XJ. It has the stock HP D30 up front and I'm running stock steering with a redrilled and plated trackbar mount. I know it's not good to run that much lift and the stock steering which is why I'm gonna fix it. I get some half bad bumpsteer right now (not horrible, but definately noticeable) and my steering has quite a large dead zone in it... makes highway driving not too fun since it tends to wander a bit. I think that's a combinations of the old TRE's being shot and the angles of the stock steering and a tired steering box.
Now I have another HP D30 I plan to put in my Jeep and I want to do what I can to fix my steering when I do my axle swap. I have a new steeringbox, a V8 ZJ tierod and draglink complete with new TRE's all around, a BDS adjustable trackbar and some of the goferit OTK flipserts.
Now I could put the new D30 in with the adj. trackbar and the V8 tierod and do the drivers side OTK flip, or I could do the full OTK flip but I'd need to buy the RHD draglink for that. (I'm running 15x8 steelies with 3.25" BS so I don't think I'll have any issues there... but I will need to make some new swaybar brackets so the tierod clears them).
Would doing the full OTK flip help my steering any more then the half OTK flip or is it simply for extra clearance that people do the full OTK flip? Would there be a lot of benefit to cutting off the old trackbar mount on the axle end and welding my own raised bracket on there?
Does my current gameplan of doing the 1/2 OTK flip with the above mentioned parts seem like it'll solve my problems or is there something I'm overlooking still?
Thanks!
Mark