mvusse Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Well, I added the 1.75" coil spacers and the .5" factory insulator to my 4.5" lift coils. Now the drag link hits on the front skid plate... How do I solve this other than by removing the skid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 new steering setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Crud! I was hoping someone could come up with some obvious answer that I missed and could be done inexpensively. Guess the skid's coming off. Not that it protects anything any more, as everything is below it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWLONGSHOT Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 The crappy inverted "Y" steering is marginal at best stock.. now add a lift and it gets WAY worse. Hit above 4" and its not really a viable option. I recommend the JCR 1ton steering setup. I have installed 4 of them and have two of them on my wheeled jeeps. GREAT product and people!! CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Craig Houghtaling out in Washington used to have an article on his web site about dropping the front skid. i haven't looked at/for his site for a long time, but perhaps it's still up. If you can find it, read the article. if the write-up isn't available, just think "spacers." I think he dropped his about 1-1/2 inches, but you can probably do as much or as little as you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Well, I added the 1.75" coil spacers and the .5" factory insulator to my 4.5" lift coils. Now the drag link hits on the front skid plate... How do I solve this other than by removing the skid? Depending on how bad the interference is, you could trim the skid to clear the steering. You've aligned the truck, yes? Adjusted to get the proper caster? Adjusted the trackbar so the axle is centered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Toe in is back to 0, steering wheel is almost centered (need some fine tuning), and axle is centered. According to FSM, pinion angle overrides caster, but I decided to split the difference. Using spacers to drop the skid plate down sounds like a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 The FSM covers caster angles for lifted trucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 The FSM covers caster angle. Doesn't specify lift or no lift. Test drive rode fine, tracked straight, no drive line vide and no DW, so I'm happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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