High Steer on the road

[acewilson]

I'm in the process of reassembling my 85 K20 and was stuck between a rock and a hardspot on the steering. I want to put the high steer setup on it but not sure how it will handle on the road. I plan on it being more of a daily driver than a trail rig but when i do take it i want it to be set up right. It will have 35" tire and would like to here everyones opinion on how it will drive on the road with high steer and without the stabilizer. Or can you put one on high steer? Post it up, I want to here ya'lls opinions.

 

[rob h]

Why not just go crossover..? I have crossover and it works great for on and off trail. Also was cheaper by alot.

 

[mtnman]

There are no issues on the road with my crossover/highsteer setup....Just gotta make sure you have no worn components in the steering stuff

 

[owenst7]

Are you still running the dana 44? I wouldn't run histeer on a stock 44 knuckle.

My buddy's ford ran histeer for about a year before he added assist. He was dd-ing it in the winter in anchorage. He had some issues with the kingpin springs deflecting, but that was even just sitting, which tells me it wasn't from the histeer. Once he ironed out the camber issues, it drove fine to my understanding.

 

[acewilson]

I planned on getting the heavy duty upgraded flattop ones. But i have to decide on the high steer or not so that i know whether or not to get the ones with the lower steering arms or not.

 

[bp71k5]

You dont need highsteer for a truck that sees mostly highway. Unless you plan on extreme rock crawling the stock tierod is fine and keeps less stress on the knuckles.

 

[owenst7]

I really don't think histeer makes a lot of sense unless you're rock racing or drive by Braille. I live in Reno...all we do is rocks...and I'm just planning on making a heavy DOM tie rod to match the drag link I made. I might put my ram on my drivers side steering arm, but a good tie rod should be pretty hard to damage without breaking a knuckle anyways.

Histeer transfers the load to the top of the knuckle and increases the force required to turn the tire. It also transfers almost all the force to the upper balljoint instead of about half like the stock setup.

 

[k20]

I agree with everyone else I would stick with regular x-over. On my 95% street driven K20 its x-over, and on my (planned) 98% trail M1008 it will be regular x-over.

 

[acewilson]

You all have valid points and i appreciate everyone's input. Thank you again. Ya'll keep posting it up.

 

[MTBLAZER89]

Yeah standard crossover should be good for you, and it will actually drive better! Hi steer is just to keep the tie rod up. I still run regular crossover on my trail only rig. I just have a beefy tie rod in case I bash it into stuff

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

There is nothing about high steer that is less street friendly than the stock setup. As long as everything is in good shape it will be fine.

 

[sope]

Just gotta use your imagination. Here's mine dampener with reverse high steer off the spring plate.

Then here's my hydro assist with reverse high steer. Pretty much the same as a dampener just a little more beefy.

 

[70jimmy]

I have crossover / highsteer and hydro assist and it is far smoother than the stock setup was. No issues at all at interstate speed and above.

With 7 inches lift, a shackle flip, zero rate, and 37 inch krawlers. I never had just crossover without high steer so can't offer input on that route, but I don't see that making a difference either.