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<blockquote data-quote="GlipGlop" data-source="post: 747480" data-attributes="member: 15223"><p>Here's a few more things that have taken place in the past few months that I have yet to show or mention. The steering box was tilted upward to move my pitman arm out away from the track bar. Doing so actually allowed me to move my axle forward another inch and still have plenty of clearance. Any further and I would have ran out of threads on my heims. Yes the box is seriously high, and I'm not the biggest fan of it. It will most likely interfere with a bumper when that time comes so I may relocate it downward and keep the angle and instead trim the frame behind the spring and shock tower to allow the steering linkage to spin freely without contact. Its current position minimized the amount of fab work needed. Slightly trimmed the grill to fit as well. Currently lots of ideas bouncing around in my head as far as the front half goes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117553[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117554[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Took some advice from 87TPIYJ and got a hold of a 1" drop Waggy pitman arm. here it is side by side with the one I have been running since the time my 2.5" lift kit was brand new. Also some comparison shots of the linkage set up and my new turning radius. The waggy arm gets me the full turning radius back from the Superduty axle. So much so that I will need to make some hard stop extensions to keep from scrubbing my tires on the lower control arms. Easy enough. I took my time with a reamer drill bit and got the appropriate sizing for the new pitman arm. say bye bye to the band-aid of a tapered insert. Unfortunately now the steering is much stiffer and as a result I think hydro assist will be in the LJ's future.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]117549[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117551[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117552[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117555[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117556[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GlipGlop, post: 747480, member: 15223"] Here's a few more things that have taken place in the past few months that I have yet to show or mention. The steering box was tilted upward to move my pitman arm out away from the track bar. Doing so actually allowed me to move my axle forward another inch and still have plenty of clearance. Any further and I would have ran out of threads on my heims. Yes the box is seriously high, and I'm not the biggest fan of it. It will most likely interfere with a bumper when that time comes so I may relocate it downward and keep the angle and instead trim the frame behind the spring and shock tower to allow the steering linkage to spin freely without contact. Its current position minimized the amount of fab work needed. Slightly trimmed the grill to fit as well. Currently lots of ideas bouncing around in my head as far as the front half goes. [ATTACH type="full" width="775px"]117553[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="775px"]117554[/ATTACH] Took some advice from 87TPIYJ and got a hold of a 1" drop Waggy pitman arm. here it is side by side with the one I have been running since the time my 2.5" lift kit was brand new. Also some comparison shots of the linkage set up and my new turning radius. The waggy arm gets me the full turning radius back from the Superduty axle. So much so that I will need to make some hard stop extensions to keep from scrubbing my tires on the lower control arms. Easy enough. I took my time with a reamer drill bit and got the appropriate sizing for the new pitman arm. say bye bye to the band-aid of a tapered insert. Unfortunately now the steering is much stiffer and as a result I think hydro assist will be in the LJ's future. [ATTACH type="full" width="770px" alt="IMG_8648[1].JPG"]117549[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="776px" alt="IMG_8647[1].JPG"]117551[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="777px" alt="IMG_8652[1].JPG"]117552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="777px"]117555[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="776px"]117556[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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