YELLAHEEP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton, Colorado
Well, I have all the FSJ parts and had my pitman arm and knuckle arms reamed to fit the new TREs. I've had a few snags along the way and am looking for advice.
I positioned all the steering components in place on the axle with the axle lifted on a floor jack so that the geometry would be the same as if it were sitting on the ground.
First problem: Even with having trimmed the spring mount fronts way down, there is still too much contact with the center link parts when turning lock to lock. I made a bend in the ends of the centerlink to give me some room which helped but I'm concerned about the bends having possibly created another problem that I haven't forseen yet.
Second problem: With the axle sitting at ride height, no droop or flex yet, the TRE at the pitman arm binds bad when turning to the right. So much so that with all the steering components connected, I can't turn the jeep hardly at all to the right. If I drop the right side of the axle, I can't steer to the right at all. Do I need to find a different TRE at the pitman arm end that allows for more pivot range? Is this what's called "high-misalignment"? I thought about bending the TRE right at the joint end, but I'm afraid that could cause more problems and the heat may destroy the internals of the joint.
Third problem: Having eyeballed the toe-in adjustment, the adjusting sleeves have very little (maybe an inch) of the ends of the parts threaded into them. Same with the drag link and pitman arm TRE adjuster sleeve. I'm not real confident that there's enough of the parts threaded in them to be strong enough to 'wheel on. Should I be looking for longer adjusting sleeves from a different application to use here? This seems kinda weird since the FSJ D44 and the D30 aren't much different in overall width.
Thanks in advance!
Troy
I positioned all the steering components in place on the axle with the axle lifted on a floor jack so that the geometry would be the same as if it were sitting on the ground.
First problem: Even with having trimmed the spring mount fronts way down, there is still too much contact with the center link parts when turning lock to lock. I made a bend in the ends of the centerlink to give me some room which helped but I'm concerned about the bends having possibly created another problem that I haven't forseen yet.
Second problem: With the axle sitting at ride height, no droop or flex yet, the TRE at the pitman arm binds bad when turning to the right. So much so that with all the steering components connected, I can't turn the jeep hardly at all to the right. If I drop the right side of the axle, I can't steer to the right at all. Do I need to find a different TRE at the pitman arm end that allows for more pivot range? Is this what's called "high-misalignment"? I thought about bending the TRE right at the joint end, but I'm afraid that could cause more problems and the heat may destroy the internals of the joint.
Third problem: Having eyeballed the toe-in adjustment, the adjusting sleeves have very little (maybe an inch) of the ends of the parts threaded into them. Same with the drag link and pitman arm TRE adjuster sleeve. I'm not real confident that there's enough of the parts threaded in them to be strong enough to 'wheel on. Should I be looking for longer adjusting sleeves from a different application to use here? This seems kinda weird since the FSJ D44 and the D30 aren't much different in overall width.
Thanks in advance!
Troy