Drag link angle questions

[jsudar]

I'm in a fight with my steering arm and pitman arm. The steering arm is too long in relation to the pitman arm to get full steering travel, which sucks, especially in a full size.

Right now, the drag link is parallel with the axle with the wheels straight ahead. If I switch to shorter high steer arms, it will put the drag link at an angle in relation to the axle center line. Is that a bad thing? Will that give me weird handling issues?

The truck is not a daily driver, but does need to be able to drive on the freeway (to get to Moab or some other far away trail.) What do you think?

 

[I Lean]

It'll be fine. The amount of angle you'd be looking at wouldn't be enough to worry about.

 

[Chevycrew]

x2 dont worry, even a couple of inches is no big deal.

 

[jsudar]

I'll be switching to a BTA setup, so the new arms will be around 2" shorter.

My next question is: will I need to shorten my track bar too?

 

[I Lean]

The only reason you'll need to change the length of your trackbar, is if you change the length of your drag link. Unless the arms are a lot different than the old ones (not just length, but angle) I'd assume the length will remain relatively the same.

 

[Tacoma]

hahah I'm having the opposite issue: my Pitman arm is a wee bit too short relative to the steering arm! I'm about 1/2" off the stops at full lock.

anyway. Carry on.