Will this work for crossover ?

[BIGCHEVYTRUCKDRIVER]

Will this work for crossover ?
Now dont tear me up to much if this sounds ridiculous I am not a newbie just a broke ass dad.
I have a 10 bolt chevy no flat top knuckles but have some fab skills. I also have an abundance of chevy 1/2 ton parts.
I intend to cut a 2 inch peice off my old passenger side knuckle and attach it with a half sleeve and gussets on all four sides directly to my tie rod a little ways down from the passenger side knuckle then use this tie rod that I happen to bend the **** out of wheelin as the drag link from the steering box to that peice i fabbed on there. I think the bend (old tie rod-new drag link) will clear my spring perfectly. In my mind the bigger of sleeve I make the more contact I will have with the tie rod the stronger it will be so I was thinkin possibly 6 inches long.
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What Say The Bretheren?

 

[Kenny78]

This might get ugly...

I understand wanting to save money, but if this is ever going to see highway DO NOT DO THIS!!!! Save up for the right stuff.

My boss makes me think of the legal ramifications of wrong actions; think of an attorney(sp?) asking you if the parts that failed were DOT approved.

 

[Madspeed]

I wouldnt do it

I wouldnt do it. Your kids would miss you or worse you would miss them.
I have a d44 w crossover steering and 411:1 powerlock I need to get rid of
Not to mention the crossover parts have got REALLY cheap. You can buy the knuckle for a couple hundy these days from ORU

 

[Fred_M1010]

I'm all for finding new solutions.
I considered doing something similar with my K30 a while ago.

I planned on taking the K30 style solid tie-rod and flip it so the hole for the steering damper was on the passenger side, then ream out the hole to accept DLE taper.
(I would strongly advice NOT to weld a part from a cast knuckle to the tie-rod)

But I soon realised that it wouldn't work.
The throw of the tie-rod is to big, so you wouldn't get lock to lock steering without some custom-made extra long pitman-arm.

 

[Chaddy]

Just save a little cash and do it the right way. Steering and brakes are the most important in any vehicle, and it is no place to cheap out on the right parts to keep you and others alive.

 

[bmsmalley]

check this out. the price is right.

http://www.offroadunlimited.com/orustore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=22&idproduct=8239

 

[Stomis]

check this out. the price is right.

http://www.offroadunlimited.com/orustore/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=22&idproduct=8239

Ding. Thats crossover on the cheap.

The thing about an inverted Y setup is it doesnt work so well with leaf springs. Alot of trucks use a tierod with a whole in it on the pass side and the draglink connects to that. 90% of those trucks are coil in the front though.

 

[BIGCHEVYTRUCKDRIVER]

I like that one from oru cheap 2

 

[pauly383]

I like this one , and you bolt different arms on later depending on whether you want highsteer or not .

http://www.reidracing.biz/DANA44.php