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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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OK to start off with i have a 6 inch lift from Rough Country but i have a Spacer so it is at eight have my arms adjusted out to fit the eight inches of lift although my passenger side axle mount is starting to buckle so i have a mount from ballistic coming. Also i have stock steering linkage with drop pit man arm on it. Have a brand new trac bar from Rustys offroad that is ment for 8 inches.

Now to my problem my car is really squirrelly it will drive completely straight than hit a bump and than it will take off left or right and the steering wheel with than have slop so it feels like there is no steering for about half a turn i think it maybe my gear box or the drop pitman arm but wanted your ideas first.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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um what size are your tires? and with all that lift please tell me you have at least a steering box brace? and did you put on an aftermarket steering stabilizer? if not that could help...maybe do two. i know rustys makes an extra stabilizer bracket....
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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post a pic of your front end. it sounds like your draglink and tracbar angles are out of whack causing the truck to steer to one side when you hit a bump. also if you can turn your steering wheel 1/2 a turn before anything happens you might need to adjust your steering box or replace it.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 89eliminator
post a pic of your front end. it sounds like your draglink and tracbar angles are out of whack causing the truck to steer to one side when you hit a bump. also if you can turn your steering wheel 1/2 a turn before anything happens you might need to adjust your steering box or replace it.
You were right i thought that maybe an issue and got hold of rough country and found out that their drop pitman arm is meant for 4 to 6 inches of lift so i either need to buy a bigger one or ream out the top of my knuckles and move the TREs to the top. I may still end up needing the bigger drop pitman arm but i will do the high steer first and see if that helps.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bsflipfrontflip
OK to start off with i have a 6 inch lift from Rough Country but i have a Spacer so it is at eight have my arms adjusted out to fit the eight inches of lift although my passenger side axle mount is starting to buckle so i have a mount from ballistic coming. Also i have stock steering linkage with drop pit man arm on it. Have a brand new trac bar from Rustys offroad that is ment for 8 inches.

Now to my problem my car is really squirrelly it will drive completely straight than hit a bump and than it will take off left or right and the steering wheel with than have slop so it feels like there is no steering for about half a turn i think it maybe my gear box or the drop pitman arm but wanted your ideas first.
You have two issues here. One is that you are running a drop pitman arm and you did not say you dropped the frame end of the track bar, so you will have a classic case of bump steer. You need to do one of two things. Drop the frame end of the track bar or go to a high steer kit with appropriate relocation on the axle for the track bar. Second, adjust your steering box and make sure it is tight on the frame.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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Sorry I forget yes i do have a frame drop for my track bar. So do i still need to go to the high steer or do i just need a pitman arm because from the research i am doing i lookes like i just need to get a 3 inch drop pitman over the one rough country gave me with my original 6 inch lift
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