Let's beat this horse.. 2nd Gen Steering.

[High Cotton]

What's the life span of heim joints on a DD vehicle?

 

[Chevycummins]

What's the life span of heim joints on a DD vehicle?

7 years on mine and no issues truck has 243k miles. Still drives straight and no issues with tire wear

 

[99turbo2500]

Danny is a great guy to do business with. He his building me a set of .75" longer front control arms. His price on them is great compared to some of the other products on the market. The only arms in a relatively close price point are Top Gun Cusomz. The comparison photo of the bushings and sleeves sold me on his product.

How much are the control arms from him?

 

[High Cotton]

$415 shipped for bare metal arms shipped to Memphis TN.

I might try a cross over steering set up when and if the 08.5+ set up wears out

 

[thundergunder]

Here you go. Any good machine shop should be able to make them also to whatever specs you wanted. I was going to do it this way, but with the oilfield booming down here the machine shops wont pay you any mind.

http://www.offroad-engineering.com/6240.html

not what i was expecting... was looking for a tapered sleeve. those are interesting though.

 

[Ghostman]

Tapered sleeve? I don't follow?

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[Chevycummins]

Tapered sleeve? I don't follow?

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Yeah so you don't have to drill out the knuckles. in case you have to go back to a factory setup.

 

[Ghostman]

Yeah so you don't have to drill out the knuckles. in case you have to go back to a factory setup.

That's what I posted though? You bolt the tapered part into the knuckle and it gives you a stud sticking out for the heim joint.

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[High Cotton]

That should work as long as the stud sticks out far enough for a heim on top and bottom.

 

[Chevycummins]

That's what I posted though? You bolt the tapered part into the knuckle and it gives you a stud sticking out for the heim joint.

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He is looking for a tapered sleeve to use with a bolt. Yours was a different version but would work

 

[Ghostman]

He is looking for a tapered sleeve to use with a bolt. Yours was a different version but would work

O Haha. Just realized what you meant.

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[shortbusdriver]

Anyone have a pic of Danny's steering box brace yet?

 

[Ghostman]

Its on his website. It does look real nice. He's got a real good idea when it comes to this and offroading.

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[shortbusdriver]

You and I have a different idea of what nice is then.

 

[SuperDave4x4]

Here you go. Any good machine shop should be able to make them also to whatever specs you wanted. I was going to do it this way, but with the oilfield booming down here the machine shops wont pay you any mind.

http://www.offroad-engineering.com/6240.html

Do it and don't look back. I've seen them go 200K and not need a part, so it's worth it.

Chris

Wouldn't the above link solve the drilling out issue?

 

[Ghostman]

You and I have a different idea of what nice is then.

Well some of the pictures don't look so good. But his concept makes sense.

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[CGD]

We did the third gen track bar and steering brace on my Dad's truck and it drives worse now than it did before.

 

[Ghostman]

We did the third gen track bar and steering brace on my Dad's truck and it drives worse now than it did before.

Have you checked everything else?

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[madmikeismad]

$415 shipped for bare metal arms shipped to Memphis TN.

I might try a cross over steering set up when and if the 08.5+ set up wears out

Thats ridiculous.

4 Link Bars | thorbros.com

I got these. Super heavy duty.

4-Link Round Adj. Bar with Poly Bushings | thorbros.com

 

[CGD]

I would like to put some new tie rod ends in it and see if that helps, the steering shaft doesn't have any play in it so we are thinking it's all in the steering box so the next step is to some day buy an aftermarket steering box.