I need to replace my steering on my cherokee and I might as well upgrade. My jeep has 3-3.5in lift and probably won't go past that. 33x12.5 tires. I get maybe 10(1 day) actual wheeling trips in a year and I'm not that crazy of a driver. I have new knuckles to put on when I do my ball joints so now would be the time to drill or ream them out for bigger tie rod ends. The question is do I go with a kit like Currie has that is a beefier stock replacement, a kit like serious offroad where you ream out the knuckles for chevy 1-ton tie rods, or a drill out the knuckle and use heims, or lastly just keep it stock? Keep in mind that I don't have a welder or other tools to cut and make my own steering links. I can send out the knuckles somewhere to have those drilled/reamed. I would like a kit that for the most part is bolt on. What are your suggestions? I've got some good advice from a few people already, but I'm just looking for more input.
Jeep Jeep Cherokee steering
- Thread starter Tebbsjeep
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I think the V8 ZJ stuff is literally a bolt on. MUCH stronger than stock but still bendable. Should be reasonably cheap at any salvage yard.
Is there anybody on here that is able to ream out my knuckles? Also with the Rusty's/jcr/serious offroad type systems or inverted T steering, there are a lot of reviews saying that there is a dead spot in the steering. Is this really all that common/that bad to deal with?