It basically feels like a new Jeep! Like you just rolled all the miles off the clock! There is a HUGE difference in driving feel & overall road manners. My Jeep’s factory steering components had deteriorated to the point where it would wander around in its lane, and I’d experience a slight intermittent back-&-forth pulsing in the steering wheel… usually at low speeds, like when you turn at a 4-way stop. But it’s a gradual breakdown, not an all-the-sudden ‘break’… making it hard to realize sometimes. My Jeep had less than 30,000 miles on it, and the wear-rate on my steering components (on 37s) was significant. Add bigger tires to your Jeep, and you wear out the steering components on that straight axle… fairly quickly actually. But it’s also an old school design, and it doesn’t provide the best handling characteristics. It’s part of why they’re the most capable 4×4 you can buy. Wranglers have a straight/solid front axle. Parts are all e-coated, and some are powder coated on top of that for maximum corrosion resistance. The Track Bar relocation bracket also relocates our stabilizer up higher, or gives you a mounting location for hydro assist. Steer Smarts offers the tie rod adjuster tube in a 1-3/4” aluminum tube with all-new aluminum clamps, and this is a direct replacement for the chromoly tube. Steer Smarts uses clamps instead of jam nuts. Internally there is a stud on the back of the ball, and then Steer Smarts machines a channel in the joint to only allow articulation in the direction that you want.Īdjuster tubes are 1-5/8” OD chromoly with ¼” wall thickness. Joints also have Steer Smarts’ reverse-pin technology, also known as ‘no-flop’. The ends all have zerk fittings to maintain the joints. The joints all use steel-on-steel ball bearings rather than plastic bushings. They have 30mm ball studs instead of 26mm (stock). The Tie Rod Ends are all forged steel, and were designed & based off the F650 – so they are technically a 2.5-ton end. Improves steering response & keeps the Jeep stable in turns (for 2.5-to-3.5-inches of lift). These take on a lot of stress & rebound with bigger tires.ĥ) HD-N Steer Stabilizer – is the shock it slows down the rebound of the steering, absorbing violence in the steering wheel.Ħ) Yeti XD Damper Bracket – securely mounts & reenforces the HD-N steer stabilizer.ħ) Yeti XD 2.5-3.5” End Links – attach the swaybar to the axle. No need to drill-out your stock knuckle with this Draglink!Ĥ) Yeti XD Tie Rod Assembly – keep the tires straight. The ends are forged & use 30mm ball studs.ġ) Yeti XD Track Bar – keeps the axle centered left-to-right under the Jeep.Ģ) Yeti XD Track Bar Relocation Bracket – corrects the angles of the steering with a lift & larger tires.ģ) Yeti XD ‘No-Drill’ Top Mount Draglink – turns the tires left/right, and straightens/aligns the steering wheel. In a nutshell, Steer Smarts uses Ford F650-grade steering components on Jeeps. Overkill solutions… if there was such a thing… which there’s not. Steer Smarts makes steering solutions for Jeeps.
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