H2 wheels hitting tie rod ends

[JamesE]

Hello,
I’m in the middle of installing crossover steering on my K5, everything is going fine until I try to put my wheels and tires on. I’m running factory H2 takeoffs, and their barely rubbing on the tie rod ends. I really Don’t want to run any kind of wheel spacer on it, is their any kind of smaller diameter tie rod end I could run? Maybe Heim joints instead of tie rod ends will give me the clearance I need.

 

[sweetk30]

what axle ?

who's crossover arm ?

what style tie rod end ? pic ?

stock h2 rims are in the 5" backspace area and suck in a bit .

 

[JamesE]

3/4 ton 10 bolt axle. All parts are ORD including tie rod ends. I can take pics when I get back to the shop

 

[sweetk30]

na i know there stuff .

dana 60 tends to clear the h2 rims better than dana 44 / corp 10 bolt axles do . i think you might just need a 1/4" spacer to clean possibly .

if you do go spacer make sure you have min 5 - 6 full turns on the lug nuts on the wheel studs .

 

[JamesE]

1/4” wheel spacer would be more than I need, I could go 1/8” and still have room on the on the tabs of the hub to keep the wheels hubcentric. Not really what I want to do, but might be my best option.

 

[sweetk30]

hub centric is nice along with lug centric but not the end of the world if the hub centric is not engaged . this from many years in the tire biss .

 

[mechted]

If its only 1/8" clearance required, can you grind on the offending tie rod ends to make the clearance? Usually there is enough casting that you can take a little off without hurting anything. Use a flap disk on an angle grinder to go slowly in and leave a smooth paint ready surface. If you cant, then you probably will need the 1/4" spacers.

 

[brans87]

Must be your tie rods my H2's clear stock fine.

 

[sweetk30]

Must be your tie rods my H2's clear stock fine.

he has crossover steering swapped on . this puts the tie rod for the drag link a bit close some times on rims .

 

[brans87]

shave little off tie rods evenly if there is plenty of meat