see anything rong with this

[Eckert]

thinking about going this route instead of a z-link. the one pictured has a drop pitman arm so think i could mount the drag link on the other side of the steerin arm w/o any problems?

[Sharpe]

Well besides your spelling in the thread title why does the draglink attach to the bottom of the steering arm?

[Eckert]

i figured since it was asian, "rong", is in proper text. i dont know why its mounted like that. i found the build up on the net and it looked like a neat idea. its a steering arm off a mercedes and susposedly bolts right up w/o or minor modification.

[J Cooper]

??

[Eckert]

??

i concur

[Sharpe]

Well hell if its an easy mod I'd do it. The draglink angle isnt severe enough for the way its mounted to be a problem. I will say though, with anything larger than 31's the sami axles will not last, period. One of my friends from corpus put 33's on his sami and the first time he wheeled it within 10 minutes both front birfields broke. Stick with 31's for now, they'll be cheaper anyway.

[Eckert]

i wasnt planning on going over 31's. after i get the SOA done i need to do something to address the steering and theis seems to be the best route. well, looks better than a z-link and cheaper than a new drop arm atleast.

[Graystroke]

is a drop pitman arm a new and untested realm?

[J Cooper]

is a drop pitman arm a new and untested realm?


cj has one welded on like that on the scout 44 on his jeep... works good

remember you CAN weld to cast... just know what the fawk your doing first

[mudtoy67]

I wouldn't weld cast steering parts, even if I knew WTF I was doing. It's just too much risk.

[uglyota]

Ask Scotti how well a setup like that works.
If you have to splurge on one thing make it your steering. Just say no to bootyfab steering.

Does that guy have a shock bolted to his pitman arm as a steering dampener? Please do not get any more ideas from him

[J Cooper]

well it was done before he got the jeep. he got it from keelans buddy... who knows cody might have done the welding

[agjohn02]

...

[Eckert]

Does that guy have a shock bolted to his pitman arm as a steering dampener? Please do not get any more ideas from him

thats what it is stock.

the popular route seems to be the z-link, the other option is a drop pitman ar. both runaround $100. as were i can get a mercedes arm from another forum or ebay for around $20.

[uglyota]

apparently you could spend $200 and do it right
http://www.rocky-road.com/ottsteer.html
as long as that mercedes arm has the bolt holes in the right place, puts the kingpin at the right depth and is strong enough, it is probably fine. And it's a trailer queen, right? Worst thing that could happen is you break it. Get two arms and carry a spare

[Eckert]

heres another pic of how it mounts up.

not quite trailer queen. i plan on driving it around on weeknds and such.

[fbronco86]

Does not look very strong to me. I bet you put that dude between a rock and a hard place something breaks. Its not directly bolted to the knuckle I say bad idea bonzo.

[jerryg79]

Does not look very strong to me. I bet you put that dude between a rock and a hard place something breaks. Its not directly bolted to the knuckle I say bad idea bonzo.

the phrase is "bedtime for bonzo" and "bad idea jeans" you tard :flipoff2:

[fbronco86]

the phrase is "bedtime for bonzo" and "bad idea jeans" you tard :flipoff2:

I do what I wanna you feck tard :gigem:

[jerryg79]

I do want I wanna you feck tard :gigem:

que

[fbronco86]

I have VD

haha

[agjohn02]

heres another pic of how it mounts up.



not strong at all. is it bolted to the backing plate? un idea muy malo. that wont hold up to street driving im betting.

[Eckert]

i need to look at it when i go back home to work on it this weekend. when i did some more searching i found sky manufacturing also made a kit identical to the mercedes arm idea. i dont know anything about them. are they a trusted source?

[uglyota]

sky makes good stuff, and I am sure their kit would not piggyback the caliper mount like that one does. Maybe it uses both bolts. That would be better

[Eckert]

Im pretty sure they use the same concept. except with sky the drag link and tie rod are two serperate pieces as where the mercedes arm utilizes the stock steering with slight modifications. im kind of glad to hear that sky makes a decent line of products that way the design isnt so bad.