Over the knuckle steering upgrade ?'s

[ChiXJeff]

Wont shortening the draglink change it's angle?

It would if I wasn't planning on adding reinforced tabs to the tierod to raise the end of the draglink.

 

[Gojeep]

It would if I wasn't planning on adding reinforced tabs to the tierod to raise the end of the draglink.

That will cause more problems than you are solving!!!. It will roll as you turn with that type of setup. Guys here have tried and failed with that setup before.

 

[xman]

After doing an Over the Knuckle Steering anyone have trouble with the tie rod hitting the spring mount? Not allowing full turning from left to right.

 

[Richdaman]

Jeff, are you running a 30? If so there are mods that need to be made before flipping the TREs. I've had Rusty's kit, didn't care for it. and am now running Bulletproof steering.

I have everything on my jeep and ready to go... only thing left is steering. What was wrong with rusty's kit? Let me know, I need to do something soon so I can drive it!
Thanks,
Rich

 

[JnJ]

After doing an Over the Knuckle Steering anyone have trouble with the tie rod hitting the spring mount? Not allowing full turning from left to right.

Not here.

 

[ChiXJeff]

That will cause more problems than you are solving!!!. It will roll as you turn with that type of setup. Guys here have tried and failed with that setup before.

Take a look back at Goatman's pics. I'll end up with a similar setup, but the tabs probably won't be as tall.

 

[FernXJ]

I have everything on my jeep and ready to go... only thing left is steering. What was wrong with rusty's kit? Let me know, I need to do something soon so I can drive it!
Thanks,
Rich

I put bends in the Tierod right where the perch starts. Nothing drastic, just enough that I could get full steering. I also put bends in the draglink to clear my ext. swaybar mounts from ORGS. But I'm using 11/16ths I.D. .250 wall D.O.M. tapped to 3/4. I'm going to be changing to WJ knuckles soon.
Rensing

 

[MrShoeBoy]

I did 1 ton steering ends on my Dana 30, I couldnt help but polish my turd It was the biggest pain in the ass ever. I had to reloceate the coil buckets, track bar axle mount, shocks, and build new long arms to push the axle foward 2" so the coils sit right. In the end it worded very well. This is the best shot of the steering I have from Tellaco this past weekend. I will put up better pics in a week or so.

AARON