been doing some research over the past couple days and heres what ive come up with

(2) 48" sections of 1.5"x .219 DOM 1.063 I.D. tubing

(4) Tie rod ends from rockauto.com cheap vs moog
-ES2234R $10/ $24
-ES2027L $12/ $24
-ES2233L $5 / $24
-ES2026R $15/ $23

(4) Threaded Inserts from wfoconcepts.com
7/8 -18TPI 1.063"i.d. $44

(4) Tapered Inserts ruffstuffspecialtuies.com
$32

(4) 7/8 -18TPI jam nuts ruffstuffspecialties.com
$12

(1) Poly spacer jcroffroad.com
$7

Total $137-$188 depending on what TREs you go with, Im going to get the moog ones for a little extra added insurance. If i left anything out let me know. Hopefully will be ordering this stuff this week and i get some pics up of the progress

 

Yeah, free DOM is cool.

 

any pics?

 

I'm ordering the parts this week, and waiting on the dom. Since its free I can't really complain when I get it

 

ES2026R and ES2027L are the high angle drag link tres, correct?

 

Yes IIRC

 

Look at my thread. Just finished my over the knuckle 1 ton build.

 

Nice , love the setup but not sure on the heims . I need something more readily available in case of a failure. Just ordered the tre's today. Total price was 100 bucks, going to do a little more shopping around on the rest of the stuff

 

Got 4 threaded inserts for 30 bucks, 3 knuckle tapers for 27 bucks. Total with out the dom tubing is 157.27

 

Finally got most if everything in, have to order one more tapered insert and the.dom tubing.

 

Upon doing a little more research, the tapered inserts from ruff stuff will not work with the drag link tres (es2026r -es2027l). Luckily TMR customs had them for about 6 bucks apiece . Should be here in 2 weeks though

 

ive built this steering a couple times.

if you don't have a steep drag link angle you can get away without using the poly spacer.

also the ES2233L tie rod end will need to be reamed or drilled out (for the insert) to accept the drag link end.

If you go over the knuckle you will need to ream it out opposite of what the taper is already I do believe.

you seem to know what you are doing, but just incase (as i have seen it done before) make sure ya get the ends in the right places! I have seen people put them in the wrong place, and while it still worked, they wore quicker and bent more easily.

 

Thanks for the info. Haven't decided if I'm going OTK yet. I'm using the inserts I ordered from TMR for the pitman arm and the es2233l tre. And the ones from.ruffstiff for the knuckles

 

Anybody know how long I should make the draglink ?, the tie rod I'm going to cut at 48"

 

build the tie rod first. just measure knuckle to knuckle with the old steering in.

then at ride height with the tie rod and steering wheel centered., measure from the hole in the es2233l end and the hole in the pitman arm.