Cebby
11-20-2009, 07:44 PM
OK, OK...Save the heckling, I know it's a Jeep...
I need to add an additional steering stabilizer to this thing due to the poor location used by the factory rendering the upgraded unit in the stock position ineffective. The steering stabilizer is mounted between the tie-rod and the axle on the WJ Grand Cherokee, rather than between the drag link and the axle like on the XJ/ZJ/TJ Jeeps - hence the high incidence of DW on lifted WJ's.
There is only one company that makes an aftermarket kit that will fit my JKS trackbar, so I've got to come up with something on my own since they are gouging everyone (plus they make you buy their SS - I just want the hardware)
I don't know what they are called, but the ideal piece would be the pinch clamps used on TRE'S (unless spreading them to slip over the tube would be tough). No one sells these separate, nor do they sell them by dimension - it's all by application which would make getting the right ones tough.
I don't want to use the hokey flat plate with two U-Bolts that you see on every lifted full size truck. I want something factory looking.
Here's a pic of the "other guy's" solution (bottom is the stock position between tie rod and axle, top one is between drag link and track bar - this is what I want to add):
http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/images/wjimages/wj_dual_ss/wj_dual-ss1.jpg
Oh, and here's the victim...
http://rigs.corequipment.com/Cebby/00%20Jeep%20Grand%20Cherokee/misc%20overall%20pics/misc_1109%20001%20%28Medium%29.jpg
I need to add an additional steering stabilizer to this thing due to the poor location used by the factory rendering the upgraded unit in the stock position ineffective. The steering stabilizer is mounted between the tie-rod and the axle on the WJ Grand Cherokee, rather than between the drag link and the axle like on the XJ/ZJ/TJ Jeeps - hence the high incidence of DW on lifted WJ's.
There is only one company that makes an aftermarket kit that will fit my JKS trackbar, so I've got to come up with something on my own since they are gouging everyone (plus they make you buy their SS - I just want the hardware)
I don't know what they are called, but the ideal piece would be the pinch clamps used on TRE'S (unless spreading them to slip over the tube would be tough). No one sells these separate, nor do they sell them by dimension - it's all by application which would make getting the right ones tough.
I don't want to use the hokey flat plate with two U-Bolts that you see on every lifted full size truck. I want something factory looking.
Here's a pic of the "other guy's" solution (bottom is the stock position between tie rod and axle, top one is between drag link and track bar - this is what I want to add):
http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/images/wjimages/wj_dual_ss/wj_dual-ss1.jpg
Oh, and here's the victim...
http://rigs.corequipment.com/Cebby/00%20Jeep%20Grand%20Cherokee/misc%20overall%20pics/misc_1109%20001%20%28Medium%29.jpg