Early X-mas present for me!!

[offroader461]

Well a couple years ago i got a smoking deal on a Rock Krawler steering kit and was really stoked about putting it on the MJ. Well i got bored and decided to sell it to a friend of mine on another forum and he installed it on his heep. I have always kicked myself for selling it away without ever installing it.

 

I decided to call up my buddy about his lifted MJ and he said he was pulling off his steering and upgrading to a Currie unit so i told him i would buy his old steering. So now i have another Rock Krawler kit for the awesome price of FREE!!!! All i need is new hiems and I'm good to go....Time to pull off the ZJ steering

 

here is the only pic i have so far

 

 

 

I'm going to throw a fresh coat of paint and i finally have a trailworthy steering

[TrailReadyMJ]

Be careful with that kit, and make sure you get QUALITY heims, and replace all of them! I have a buddy that had this system on his ZJ and had nothing but problems. It even broke a heim in half while just turning around in a parking lot! Thank goodness it wasn't a minute later when he would have been going down the road at 55 :eek:

He was also constantly having the pass side knuckle bolt loosen up as well, but after replacing the joints with some good ones, he had fewer issues.

 

My opinion in looking at his was they really should have made the tie rod straight, and included a sway bar remount kit so the mounting tabs didn't interfere with it. With the bends in the bar, not only are the heims under extra stress due to the angle, but the weight of the bar itself causes extra stress. Since they make these out of solid stock they are extra heavy, and with the front of the tie rod bouncing around, there are lots of unwanted forces being applied to those joints!

 

I am not trying to discourage you on your free steering (at least the price was right!), but I would seriously consider buying/building a straight tie rod to go with it!