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<blockquote data-quote="crash2" data-source="post: 1195290" data-attributes="member: 15940"><p>Well the first thing I did was get the front on jack stands and pull the front wheels. Once I saw what I did I went and ripped the arms off the knuckles. The passenger side wasn't hard--it litereally fell off.</p><p> </p><p>I was trying to figure out the steering arms </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The arms were some odd homebrew things that were almost 1.5" thick, and each arm had been cut and rewelded.</p><p></p><p>Here is the pitman arm--which really ins't that bad--the hiem bolt is in double sheer and looks to be solid.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is the passenger steering arm. The studs had been broken and were broken when sam brought it. Somebody had also put helicoils in the knuckle which I have never thought was a good idea. I also found somebody had drilled the arm and into the knuckle and ran a steel pin down thru it--ya that didn't work. The holes in the knuckle were also stretched/oblong--this knuckle is done.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The passenger spring was also a mess. Both u-bolts were bent to ****, the driver side was ok.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>The rig has hydro assist also--but the ram is trying to push(bend) the tierod as much as its trying to push it side to side--I will have to rework that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One thing funny about the arms, each hiem had a 1.5" spacer between the hiem and the arm to raise everything up--all of that was loose too. At this point something looked wrong. I threw an angle finder on it</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ya--thats 2 dgrees of negative caster :eeek:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crash2, post: 1195290, member: 15940"] Well the first thing I did was get the front on jack stands and pull the front wheels. Once I saw what I did I went and ripped the arms off the knuckles. The passenger side wasn't hard--it litereally fell off. I was trying to figure out the steering arms [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam2.jpg[/IMG] The arms were some odd homebrew things that were almost 1.5" thick, and each arm had been cut and rewelded. Here is the pitman arm--which really ins't that bad--the hiem bolt is in double sheer and looks to be solid. [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam4.jpg[/IMG] Here is the passenger steering arm. The studs had been broken and were broken when sam brought it. Somebody had also put helicoils in the knuckle which I have never thought was a good idea. I also found somebody had drilled the arm and into the knuckle and ran a steel pin down thru it--ya that didn't work. The holes in the knuckle were also stretched/oblong--this knuckle is done. [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam5.jpg[/IMG] The passenger spring was also a mess. Both u-bolts were bent to ****, the driver side was ok. [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam6.jpg[/IMG] The rig has hydro assist also--but the ram is trying to push(bend) the tierod as much as its trying to push it side to side--I will have to rework that. One thing funny about the arms, each hiem had a 1.5" spacer between the hiem and the arm to raise everything up--all of that was loose too. At this point something looked wrong. I threw an angle finder on it [IMG]http://rdsd.com/albums/album27/sam7.jpg[/IMG] Ya--thats 2 dgrees of negative caster :eeek: [/QUOTE]
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