Thanks to the great information on this board, the brother in law and myself tackled the high steer project on our own this past weekend. Gotta test the star with these photos

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Again

Top of arm

Lenghtened CJ-5

Spring mounts on frame

hope you dont loose that finger when those back two bolts in the arm rip and you crash
dont look like anought metal around the bolt holes on the arm
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i would have thought by now people realized not to post pics of there steering system. everyone elses is better and everyone is an expert. let the flaming begin

Did you see any comments in the above about being BETTER, I posted them to get some CONSTRUCTIVE comments, like the one before you!!! Thanks flmanyj, I will keep an eye on that spot!!!


It seems that yjtj reads way to far into posts at times, I believe I see more destructive comments from him than rational ones that make sense!!!

Keep the comments rolling, or flaming, what ever makes you feel good about participating!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Originally posted by flmanyj
hope you dont loose that finger when those back two bolts in the arm rip and you crash
dont look like anought metal around the bolt holes on the arm
:question:

It is hard to tell from that pic so I'm not sure this guy is right. I think your setup looks pretty good. As long as you used good metal I wouldn't sweat it. And your junk is thick, so that should make it strong as well. Good work...

EDIT: I had to say it, I am on the studs side of the studs vs. bolt debate. But that's neither here nor there. (Read: I would use studs ;) )

looks :smokin: . maybe you could go with one stud and two bolts and make everybody happy:D ....or bolts on one arm and studs on the other.

Using the standard stud pattern a line thru the center of those back two holes would be parallel to the spindle mounting surface. Drawing a line thru the center of the front two is a good starting point for the location of tie-rod end. Looks like you rotated the pattern about the ball joint instead of cutting the arm with an angle because you were trying to make it work with the material you had available? End result, as noted above, is it looks dangerously thin around the outer holes and I'm guessing the middle one missed the boss completely on the underside of that surface? Done right your holes should line right up with those bosses. My suggestion would be to stop there, get another knuckle and start over. Better safe than sorry, especially with this type of modification. I'm also a big fan of studs and cone washers over bolts in this application. Bolts can work with the cone washers, just over-torque them a bit because you're running-torque will be high due to friction as the cone washer constricts around the bolt :beer:

Next suggestion would be to put the tie-rod in back :flipoff2: