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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Tie rod end to knuckle attachment

« on: September 23, 2020, 09:06:06 PM »

I replaced the shackle and pivot brackets because there was a lot of play in the holes.  I ended up grinding off the rivet heads and punching the rivets upwards and cutting off the ears of the bracket.  I threaded a 1/2’’ flatbar with the bracket bolt pattern and slid it into the boxed portion of the frame to screw in the new brackets.  But on second thought that 3/16 plate from the old bracket still welded on is not helping the lift cause...               
I don’t get how adding shims in the spring pack will level out tie rods, maybe I can have a taper bolt machined to fit tie rod end on top (to the drawing board!)

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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Tie rod end to knuckle attachment

« on: September 21, 2020, 09:08:38 PM »

Interesting setup, I thought about putting the shackle at the rear of the front springs before I put them on and once they were on I thought about it some more.  When you say you adjusted your tie rods to horizontal, how did you do it? By changing spring rate?  How much did the shackle reversal help?

Too bad that’s a taper Tie rod end connection, obviously it was designed to go underneath but because the load is transferred to the hub through the arm so it doesn’t appear as if it would change applied torque if it were on top or under (an angled tie rod will reduce torque so I was thinking it would just get stronger going on top).  No one has successfully done this?

Thanks again

56’ 3B
Ramsey Winch
STT Pro Cooper 215/85/16
Home made roll cage

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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Tie rod end to knuckle attachment

« on: September 20, 2020, 10:26:00 PM »

Hello everyone,
I installed new from springs over the weekend and the Jeep is about an inch higher than it should be (still without shocks) and the tie rods are angled up towards the bell crank.  The tie rod ends attach on the bottom of the knuckle steering arm, can I switch them to the top to level out the tie rods?
The springs are 10 leaf pack, and I measured 17’’ c-c between shock mounts with Jeep sitting Level on springs (no shocks), 18.5’’ with the axle hanging free.  When I put a jack under left tire I get 16.75’’ comp side and 17.6 ext side (the left tire was a good foot off the ground but the Jeep was tilting so I stopped).   There’s no way the axle could get to the bumper, are these compression numbers Normal?  The front shackles are almost vertical, maybe 10deg towards the front.

Thanks!