Steering guidance needed

[Big Ray]

Hello all. I've been blessed with some crazy o.t. so I'm buying some parts for my truck. I'm going with a 4" lift. As for the steering, I'm thinking a lifted steering arm. Will I need a dropped pitman arm, or is there a better way? Thanks in advance, as always.

 

[ChrisPerry]

@Stephen posted his thoughts on this long ago. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Big Ray]

I remember that. I was all set to go crossover, if I recall correctly its not needed until 6" or more.

 

[ChrisPerry]

What this boils down to in parts selection is that we run the factory steering up to 2" of lift and typically start using a drop pitman arm for 2.5" - 4" of lift. Then at 6" of lift we use the raised steering arm on the knuckle. At 8" of lift you need to start thinking about crossover even for a mostly on-road truck but using the raised arm with the drop pitman will work about as good as possible. Past that, the factory system doesn't do what most guys would call an acceptable job and you really need to convert to crossover.

Here you go.....from the man himself

 

[Big Ray]

Ahh, thank you much!

 

[1-ton]

If your truck happens to have a dana-60 I have a a raised steering arm you can have. I think I may even still have the dropped pitman arm for a 4-wheel steering box. That stuff has been just laying around not being used after I went to cross-over steering. This deal is only for you since you are always liking my posts.

 

[Big Ray]

P.M. sent....

 

[sweetk30]

4" lift i would do a drop pitman arm if it was me even tho there more money but resale later you get it back better than a raised arm $ wise .

if dana 60 skip the std block they SUCK ! ! !

 

[1-ton]

4" lift i would do a drop pitman arm if it was me even tho there more money but resale later you get it back better than a raised arm $ wise .

if dana 60 skip the std block they SUCK ! ! !

I had one of those for a while on my truck, and even though I never had too much of a problem with it I would agree I did not think much of that raised steering arm set up. The biggest problem I had with all the push-pull steering correction was major bump steer. Cross-over steering fixed all that.