Crossover Without Lift?

[NorCalAnthony]

I’m getting ready to swap my front axle out for another 10 bolt to get better gears and was wondering if it’d be worth the trouble to go ahead and do cross over steering while I’m at it? The truck is stock height with 32’s on it right now but I plan on doing a small lift in a year or two which is when I was originally planning on doing something with the steering but since I’ll already be putting the drilled and tapped flat top knuckles on this axle when I replace the ball joints I’m wondering if I should do it now. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone do it on a non-lifted truck so I’m not sure if it’s even possible or if it’d be worth the hassle but since I already have half the stuff and will have everything torn apart anyways I thought it’d be worth asking… What do you guys think?
ps I’d love to throw a Dana 60 in there but they cost a freakin fortune where I’m at if you can find one so it’s not in the budget right now. Plus I don’t wheel it very often and since I only plan on running 33’s or maybe 35’s after the lift, the 10 bolt should be fine for the time being.

 

[nvrenuf]

Seems like I've read you need at least 2" of lift for crossover.

 

[Bent77]

I'm thinking best bet would be to contact whomever you would be buying the kit from.

Might be just as easy to mock it up without buying any parts, just use all thread or something and see how it lays out

 

[cyclic]

With zero lift, leave it alone. At 2.5 just do a pitman arm. At 4 or more inches of lift your in the area where cross over starts making sense.

 

[WJACKSON11X]

I've got crossover on my Burb with 3" lift springs. It clears fine. Don't think it will clear stock. Do the crossover, that will give you a reason to lift it up a few inches

 

[jekquistk5]

Id put the flat tops on if you are going to go crossover eventually.

 

[K85 Octane]

Agree
Knuckles now, crossover later.
Crossover is for articulation, stock doesn't give you enough to worry. (That beyond whether the draglink would fit, which it won't) Plus, when you lift it, the draglink will get longer, so you'd have to remake it.

 

[Deuling]

I would rather have push pull if the truck sat at stock height. Less bump steer.

 

[NorCalAnthony]

Thanks for all of the replies guys. Looks like I’ll just be sticking to my initial plan of installing the knuckles now and worrying about crossover once the lift goes on.

The main reason I was asking is because I’ve always heard that cross over steering not only helps with articulation and compensating for the bad geometry from being lifted but also because it’s a better steering design than the stock push pull setup. Maybe I misread that last part somewhere along the line...

 

[nvrenuf]

You're correct about the reasons it's better. On low or no lift applications the drag link will hit the engine crossmember.

 

[NorCalAnthony]

You're correct about the reasons it's better. On low or no lift applications the drag link will hit the engine crossmember.

Thanks I think that's the part that I was missing as I was trying to picture it in my head