I have seen a couple of bump steer kits for other cars and wondered if their design would work on a J. My buddy has a 94 mustang cobra lowered, and has a bump steer kit on it.
The kit he bought uses regular 5/8" bolts rather than a tapered tie rod adapter with a him joint and mis-alignment spacers.
Would that work on a j? I mean to bore the tapered hole to 5/8" and put the him joint on the bottom side instead of the top.
The mustang kit uses split lock washes and locking nuts with nylon inserts.
I don't see why it wouldn't, as long as the tolerances on the 5/8" hold were very tight so there wouldnt be chace of any play in the bolt.
I may end up pulling some knuckles from the yard and trying it out. I need a set to make some caliper brackets anyway.
Thoughts?
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theres a few of us with phil lindsay's bump steer kit. Altho they mount from the top like regular tie rods, just with much greater pivot angle. Someone else had a post on something similar where they welded up the knuckle and drilled a revers taper to invert the same type of kit, but it was with an aluminum N body spindle iirc.
There are places out there that sell tapered studs specifically for this. Basically a stud with a longer threaded portion with a large lip on it. Using a bolt is kind of half assed.
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James Cahill wrote:There are places out there that sell tapered studs specifically for this. Basically a stud with a longer threaded portion with a large lip on it. Using a bolt is kind of half assed.
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DSMskyline wrote: The kit he bought uses regular 5/8" bolts rather than a tapered tie rod adapter with a heim joint and mis-alignment spacers.
Im aware of the
adapters from Speedway. I used a set on a buggy I changed over to heim joints from regular ball joints for greater articulation.
I want to go
UNDER the normal mounting point. Running a tapered adapter would require having the hole filled and retapered from the bottom. Not worth it IMHO if a Mustank can get away with a regular bolt.
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Just to show what I was referring to for the mustang,
here is the kit my buddy is running.
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Someone on here tried doing what you are talking about and put the tie rod under instead of ontop and he said it caused more bump steer. I think the on top heim is the best way to go.
I know mcmoney tried it but I believe he went about it differently.
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wel if the mods wouldnt have deleted phils thread we'd have something to look at, ill have to regenerate another thread when i go to install mine. Ill at least try to get some pics of the kit.
Phil has a picture in his profile.
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DSMskyline wrote:James Cahill wrote:There are places out there that sell tapered studs specifically for this. Basically a stud with a longer threaded portion with a large lip on it. Using a bolt is kind of half assed.
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DSMskyline wrote: The kit he bought uses regular 5/8" bolts rather than a tapered tie rod adapter with a heim joint and mis-alignment spacers.
Im aware of the adapters from Speedway. I used a set on a buggy I changed over to heim joints from regular ball joints for greater articulation.
I want to go UNDER the normal mounting point. Running a tapered adapter would require having the hole filled and retapered from the bottom. Not worth it IMHO if a Mustank can get away with a regular bolt.
I've seen tapered adapters that do what you want, and put the attachment under the arm. I'll see if I can dig up a link.
