Time to Turn, Suggestions
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Time to Turn, Suggestions
OK, well right now my jeeps steering is down the drain. I've installed an RE HD Track bar and frame brace, Durango Stering box with frame stiffener and my steering wheel has play from side to side up to a half a turn! My possible problems I can come up with are:
A) RE Track bar spherical joint is bad and needs to be replaced
B) Durango Steering box has to much play in it, altough this problem wasn't
there when I first put it on.
C) My TRE's are shot and are moving around causing the serious dead spot.
I want to replace the steering anyway so while I go check out options A & B whats you guys vote on a new steering setup?
I've narrowed it down to three from what I can see will probably work.
1) V8 Grand Cherokee Swap
- Probably the cheapest, however, I want to replace the whole
thing so that would mean all new TRE's for it.
2) Rugged Ridge Steering
- I can get it for only 165 shipped to my door however, with the
dead spot in steering the inverted T-setup creates is it even worth
the gamble for the price.
3) Iron Rock Off Road OTK Steering -350
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch..._Code=IR-TOTKS
It's twice as much as the others however at this point I'm starting to
think it's worth the money.
Thanks for the help you guys
A) RE Track bar spherical joint is bad and needs to be replaced
B) Durango Steering box has to much play in it, altough this problem wasn't
there when I first put it on.
C) My TRE's are shot and are moving around causing the serious dead spot.
I want to replace the steering anyway so while I go check out options A & B whats you guys vote on a new steering setup?
I've narrowed it down to three from what I can see will probably work.
1) V8 Grand Cherokee Swap
- Probably the cheapest, however, I want to replace the whole
thing so that would mean all new TRE's for it.
2) Rugged Ridge Steering
- I can get it for only 165 shipped to my door however, with the
dead spot in steering the inverted T-setup creates is it even worth
the gamble for the price.
3) Iron Rock Off Road OTK Steering -350
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch..._Code=IR-TOTKS
It's twice as much as the others however at this point I'm starting to
think it's worth the money.
Thanks for the help you guys
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Well as an update I hit up Uwharrie over the weekend and found a few trouble spots. One the lower bolts on the track bar frame mount were lose and were causing part of the play. The other trouble spot is the drag link TRE is sloping a little bit. So I've decided to go ahead and just go with the Iron Rock Steering so I don't regret it later. Here's some pics from Uwharrie:
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