rusty's steering package. good or bad?
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rusty's steering package. good or bad?
i have been looking at rusty's steering conversion kit. looks simple and good quality but i havent seen one in person. has anyone installed one or does anybody own the kit?
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i have looked at it on their website but i dont know of any local shops that stock it so i cant see one in person. installation looks easy, no drilling or fab work needed.any feed back would be appreciated. thanks
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On the top of the screen there's a link that says "search" click it in type in Ruth's steering. No hard and tons of info. In 2seconds I have found this
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#1 - Heim joints. Some people love them and think they are **** but most find them an issue for steering. They loosen up and you never get a good alignment after that. Death wobble all over them. They also bind sooner in the arc of travel than TREs do.
#2 - The OTK has not 1 but 2 rods mounted to a single stud in single-sheer. Plenty of other setups do this. I don't like any of them that do it.
#3 - Their tie-rod setup is ridiculous. There is NO way to get an effective toe setting with it. Toe is one of the big causes of death wobble.
Good advice and knowledge right here
#1 - Heim joints. Some people love them and think they are **** but most find them an issue for steering. They loosen up and you never get a good alignment after that. Death wobble all over them. They also bind sooner in the arc of travel than TREs do.
#2 - The OTK has not 1 but 2 rods mounted to a single stud in single-sheer. Plenty of other setups do this. I don't like any of them that do it.
#3 - Their tie-rod setup is ridiculous. There is NO way to get an effective toe setting with it. Toe is one of the big causes of death wobble.
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Get a better kit. Lots of people love JCR's kit, as well as Serious Offroad's. I'm getting Serious' when I get the money.
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Yes if your going to buy the serious is quite nice. I like some of the rustys stuff but I think sometimes they sacrifice quality to make it a little cheaper. If you can fab I would make your own steering from some Dom and Chevy 1 ton tie rods.
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Also ive found never to use heims on steering for jeeps either. Like it was mentioned above, they get real sloppy real quick. They belong in a cleaner environment, like racecars not jeeps. Also whatever steering you get or make, make sure Trac bar and drag link run parallel or it will have tons of bump steer.
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heres a video of the jcr style steering. you judge for yourself
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this is how a kit was shipped to a customer of ours. we installed it, he took it for a drive, it was on a UPS truck that same day heading back to the vendor. its just fine for a dedicated trail rig