tie rod coil bucket clearance
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From: Southern Maryland
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
Question for those of you who are running crossover steering without a bent tie rod. What kind of clearance do you have on the coil buckets and how did you you trim or what did you replace them with. I'm building a wj knuckle axle and want to use heims with a straight tie rod, I'm also open to running under the knuckles if that works well. Pics are ideal if you have them.
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From: spokane valley, wa
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Ive got factory knuckles (drilled out straight) with ruff stuffs cross over heim kit. I have it under the knuckle so I don't know if that eliminates coil bucket interference but I haven't had any issues with that. My issue with the straight tierod is that it hits my (factory) diff cover at just before full lock.
did the wj swap about 6 months ago,went over the K. i reamed the knuckles, used the gm 1 ton angled tre w/ a straight tie rod which is huge . clears fine. hiems on steering scares me.
Last edited by srb53150; Jan 2, 2017 at 06:52 PM. Reason: added info


