JK vague steering

[Pete_79]

Originally Posted by MidnightMods

I have a high steer synergy near new drag link for $200 if your in melb

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[Pete_79]

Replacing the drag link today.

Would anyone happen to know the torque settings for the nuts on the tie rod ends?

I'm assuming it'll be the same for both ends?

[Banshee]

From Project JK: Jeep JK Wrangler Torque Settings

Drag link torque is 74Nm or 55ftlbs

[Pete_79]

Originally Posted by Banshee

From Project JK: Jeep JK Wrangler Torque Settings



Drag link torque is 74Nm or 55ftlbs

Awesome!
Thanks for the quick reply mate.
I had a chart from when I did the ball joints, but must have saved it on my old phone and my searches this morning weren't giving me the right answers.


FYI;
Apparently Crown is out of stock in their factory of the standard replacement arms. I rang nearly every Jeep parts supplier in the country and no luck with a stock replacement anywhere.
There's heaps of all the other aftermarket/heavy duty options around the place, but I'm not ready to do the full steering upgrade just yet.

[Pete_79]

Well it looks like a steering box rebuild is not too far off for me.

The replacement draglink assembly has taken out a lot of the slop, but the steering box is pretty clunky and will need some love before too long.

[Banshee]

I feel for you! I replaced the drag link recently due to the ball joints at each end being stuffed as well. But I think my steering box is ok for now.

On the gripping hand, I'm waiting for an injector & plug leads to arive to arrive, and ordered a PCV valve at the same time, since I have the manifold off for now...

[Pete_79]

Checked the odometer yesterday, it's only got 30,200km on it (it only did 14,000km in the first 3 years) and we've already had to replace the steering dampener, ball joints, draglink and now the steering box.
I'd hate to think what this would cost people that don't have a shed and tools or knowledge to do this work themselves.