Whats next for my steering?

[Kota4bye]

My 87 blazer wonders on the highway. Constantly going back and forth with the steering wheel Nothing major but you can't hold the steering wheel straight and expect it to continue going straight either lol.

My truck has a 4 inch lift do any of you have a link to these crossover kits?

Off Road Design

Find yourself a 2 wheel drive steering box and pick a drag link from ORD. You can get the TRE's from NAPA cheaper too, search here will get you the part numbers you need.

 

[munepit]

I got the draglink and tierod from ORD. Beefy!! They came with rodends.

 

[Kota4bye]

I got the draglink and tierod from ORD. Beefy!! They came with rodends.

Yes they are beefy, although I should have ordered the 2" tierod....mine has a slight bow to it now.

The TRE's are listed as not included on the website.

But, if you are doing cross over on a stock/mild build on a budget, just run your stock tie rod. and you dont need to get the ends for less than the price of ORD's from NAPA for your draglink because they come with the draglink kit.

ES2234R $24 in stock
ES2010L $39 special order

 

[nsxxtreme]

$475 on ORDs website for crossover but then it also looks like you need to get a part machined to make it work $70 for ORD to do it add shipping its probably an extra $110. Plus you got to buy a 2wd steering box.

That's a little spend, does it make that much of a difference? I don't mind spending money on good products but probably not needed for my application.

I know very little about the steering components. I think I'm going to snap a picture of what I have now and maybe some of you can recommend what can be upgraded to prevent my wandering. I already know nothing of mine is loose or worn out already been through all that. I even have the ORD steering brace.

 

[COCHEV]

I've started to embrase my wondering truck. It keeps these city slicker homos from fallowing me to close. Of course, my steering is pretty tight now. I have some of the usual bump steer. Most of the wandering is me. I'm always looking in peoples back yards for lonely chevys, or day dreaming about getting home and opening a beer...

 

[BLIDVL]

Pictures of your steering setup would help. Drag link ends would be my first bet if you don't have a raised steering arm and dropped pitman arm with a 6" lift. My Sub had bad death wobble with worn drag link ends.

 

[JBerno]

I will post up some pictures tomorrow, I have new drag links, front and rear. I looked at the way they were sitting and they are pretty much level

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

The TRE's are listed as not included on the website.

The draglink ends (or tie rod ends) are part of all of our crossover steering kits, if that's what you mean. Why did you think they weren't included?

Always looking to make the website better.

But, if you are doing cross over on a stock/mild build on a budget, run the stock tie rod, and you can get the ends for less than the price of ORD's from NAPA for your draglink.

ES2234R $24 in stock
ES2010L $39 special order

Are you suggesting using a tie rod as a draglink?

There are off the shelf ends the will work with our parts but our ends aren't anything you can find in a parts store. They have a longer shank (more adjustability) and they can take more angle.

$475 on ORDs website for crossover but then it also looks like you need to get a part machined to make it work $70 for ORD to do it add shipping its probably an extra $110. Plus you got to buy a 2wd steering box.

I think you meant $425 not $475

That's a little spend, does it make that much of a difference?

With a 2-6" lift on a street only truck, it's not necessary. The correct steering parts will work fine.

With any kind of suspension that flexes offroad you will want crossover regardless of how much lift you're running.

With 10" or more crossover is a necessity (well, you can physically bolt the steering up with some steering correction pieces but it doesn't work well at all).

 

[Kota4bye]

The draglink ends (or tie rod ends) are part of all of our crossover steering kits, if that's what you mean. Why did you think they weren't included?

Whoops, my bad, I was posting from my phone and got lazy and didn't look at the drag link/crossover kits, just the tie rod page!

Always looking to make the website better.



Are you suggesting using a tie rod as a draglink?

No, just saying that he didn't have to upgrade the tie rod for a budget cross over set up.

There are off the shelf ends the will work with our parts but our ends aren't anything you can find in a parts store. They have a longer shank (more adjustability) and they can take more angle.

Fixed, got to stop surfing and posting from work and my phone!

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Fixed, got to stop surfing and posting from work and my phone!

Haha no problem

Definitely no problem to do crossover without messing with the tie rod, they are both independent parts of the steering system and the tie rod can be changed whenever. No change in price, no buying parts twice.

High steer is the only thing that could be different but that can be added any time later, no buying parts twice.

 

[ZukiJohn]

I got some of my part's here: www.wfoconcepts.com I thought they were geat products and my part's got to my door in 2 day's. I would recomend them to anyone.