I run about 6.5" of lift with a rubicon express track bar and new frame side bracket. The lift required running a pretty substantial drop pitman arm which is just added leverage on the steering box. Not a good thing to have so I was happy to remove the drop pitman arm. Here are some pics before the steel tierod was made but I included the reason for which I made it lol.
The tierod lasted about 30min into rausch creek. I wasn't babying it but I've run rausch on a heavy duty stock tierod and never bent it. This thing was junk. The the stinky fab stuff is much better.
I run about 6.5" of lift with a rubicon express track bar and new frame side bracket. The lift required running a pretty substantial drop pitman arm which is just added leverage on the steering box. Not a good thing to have so I was happy to remove the drop pitman arm. Here are some pics before the steel tierod was made but I included the reason for which I made it lol.
The tierod lasted about 30min into rausch creek. I wasn't babying it but I've run rausch on a heavy duty stock tierod and never bent it. This thing was junk. The the stinky fab stuff is much better.
Dang! You must have hit that pretty hard! Are you on 35's? I am looking to go up to 6.5" lift and 35's pretty soon once I get my steering and bumpers done. My plan is to do the Rubicon next summer.
Honestly wasn't that hard of a hit. Was slowly approaching a nice size boulder literally on the brakes to keep it slow and caught the tierod first. Game over for that tierod lol.
Yes I'm on 35's. My axles are built for them and it's as big a tire I'll ever need. If I want to go bigger, I'll buy a vehicle with an actual frame lol.
Honestly wasn't that hard of a hit. Was slowly approaching a nice size boulder literally on the brakes to keep it slow and caught the tierod first. Game over for that tierod lol.
Yes I'm on 35's. My axles are built for them and it's as big a tire I'll ever need. If I want to go bigger, I'll buy a vehicle with an actual frame lol.
Yeah, 35's are a lot of tire. That will be plenty for me. I like a lot of flex. I love my 33's but once you air down, they aren't very big anymore. I would definitely like to get chromoly shafts and 4.56 gears when I do. I have an 8.8 in the rear so I am not worried about the rear.
I think one ton steering is a must before attempting the Rubicon. I hope to order a kit next month.
Slight update on this since the thread has been resurrected. I found a good deal on a used teraflex high steer knuckle with the aluminum drag/tie rod combination. Turns out, their aluminum is junk and won't hold up to a hit. Sure, I could probably bend it back but not worth it in my opinion. I welded up my own steel tierod but am still using the aluminum drag link since I haven't had issues with it. I'm still using the original track bar mount but installed a stock pitman arm inplace of the drop pitman arm used for the lift kit. No death wobble and my drag link and track bar have good geometry. I'm happy so far!
Yeah, the Teraflex links have been known for a long time to be...crap.
I ran a Teraflex knuckle over 10 years ago, with DOM links and it worked great.
Even then, the links were known to be flimsy. You could begin to bend them by standing on
I couldn't pass the deal up so I ran the kit with the aluminum links to really get my money's worth lol. They'd be fine for basically everything else EXCEPT rock crawling. I already had my DOM on standby for a quick repair knowing that I was going to bend the tierod eventually lol. Unfortunately it was MUCH faster than I anticipated. I want to add hydro-assist next which will take a ton of stress off the box and allow me to turn the tires in tight rock gardens.
