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Help identify steering linkage
- Thread starter Hemmer
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SteveL
Huge chevy guy
Looks like the early 90s swaps most the vendors sold. If I remember right they were made to use a stock eb short tie-rod on each end
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And yours is oriented and aligned improperly anyway, so now's a good time to correct those aspects too.
The newer ones shown in justino's link have a different upper end to work better with the factory steering stabilizer shock, but are otherwise the same length.
Even with the TRO setup (tie-rod over) your tie-rod's centerlink should be rotated up so that the draglink's grease fitting is pointed upward at a 60 degree angle, more towards the radiator.
And because it's TRO, your draglink angle will not be parallel to the trackbar. Which is not only important for good road handling, but the way it is set up now, could cause some interference.
Looks like the lower mount has been customized a bit, but it's hard to tell. Maybe the bolt/stud has been shortened and a low-profile nut used? Can you post up a pic of your lower trackbar mount?
They did utilize a dropped pitman arm and dropped upper trackbar bracket, but those are not always called for with TRO. And sometimes may even cause trouble.
In the case of TRO you really do need to modify the lower mount. Either raise it with a riser or custom lower mount to suit your particular needs, or cut down the stud and use the lower profile nut so that the tie-rod does not contact it when steering sharply.
The vendors sell riser kits (here's ours: https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/Trac_bar_riser/Bronco_Trac_Bars) to bring it up to better align the two bars with each other, and to clear the tie-rod. Or you could custom fabricate one if you're good at that kind of thing.
No matter what though, when customizing a steering system you have to take all aspects into account. Sometimes to the point of mocking things up to see how they will work together before making them permanent. You can't always just bolt things on together because they were not always made to work together.
Such is the case when a Bronco is changed to tie-rod over the knuckle like yours is.
Good luck.
Paul
The newer ones shown in justino's link have a different upper end to work better with the factory steering stabilizer shock, but are otherwise the same length.
Even with the TRO setup (tie-rod over) your tie-rod's centerlink should be rotated up so that the draglink's grease fitting is pointed upward at a 60 degree angle, more towards the radiator.
And because it's TRO, your draglink angle will not be parallel to the trackbar. Which is not only important for good road handling, but the way it is set up now, could cause some interference.
Looks like the lower mount has been customized a bit, but it's hard to tell. Maybe the bolt/stud has been shortened and a low-profile nut used? Can you post up a pic of your lower trackbar mount?
They did utilize a dropped pitman arm and dropped upper trackbar bracket, but those are not always called for with TRO. And sometimes may even cause trouble.
In the case of TRO you really do need to modify the lower mount. Either raise it with a riser or custom lower mount to suit your particular needs, or cut down the stud and use the lower profile nut so that the tie-rod does not contact it when steering sharply.
The vendors sell riser kits (here's ours: https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/Trac_bar_riser/Bronco_Trac_Bars) to bring it up to better align the two bars with each other, and to clear the tie-rod. Or you could custom fabricate one if you're good at that kind of thing.
No matter what though, when customizing a steering system you have to take all aspects into account. Sometimes to the point of mocking things up to see how they will work together before making them permanent. You can't always just bolt things on together because they were not always made to work together.
Such is the case when a Bronco is changed to tie-rod over the knuckle like yours is.
Good luck.
Paul
