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XJ steering prolbems with big lifts?

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Old 04-17-2009 | 04:15 PM
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Default XJ steering prolbems with big lifts?

hey, i got a 97XJ with a 6in kit and 33's. ive been breaking/bending steering bars. i was wondering if theres a cheaper way to fix this than buying a 500+ kit to raise up the steering? thanks, bob.
Old 04-17-2009 | 04:36 PM
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Well, for a good budget tierod upgrade you could look into a ZJ tie rod like this:

http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoTierodUpgrade.htm

Or if you had a little more dough you could go for a brand name for less than $500.

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.as...0&partID=15678

There's alot of stuff out there you could do to beef up your steering, alot of good threads and writeups here too. These are just a couple ideas..
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the zj v8 tierod is a good upgrade pretty cheap and bolts right in
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yea thanks that sounds like it should help. is there anything else i could do for the other bars? i plan on getting larger tires in the future(35-38'')
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