should be good to go with stock cover. if you had a aftermarket cover I dont know about that one.

 

Will this work with a 2000 with stock aluminum wheels ???????

 

See no reason whay it would not, if you are nervous, go back and look at the clearance shown on Dieselwrks pictures on page 1.

 

Those are 17 inch rims.

 

Yes it will but the stock wheels will rub a little when lock all the way over. you can grind off an eighth to quarter inch off of the tie rod ends to stop this. I was looking at the inverted T on the new Dodges and liked it allot more then the early set up. I would recommend checking to see if it might work on our trucks with a little modification. I get a little drag link rotation with my set up.

 

Bringing an old one back up.

Once you convert over to the '98-'99 steering linkage, can you use the steering damper from a '98-'99 or is the axle mounting point different?

I went to the "T" setup on my '01 and I'm not running a steering damper now, but was looking for a way to put one back in.

 

the options I have seen are weld a better angled mounting poing and front end of the dampner needs to be the style that clamps on the bar.. or you can get a double dampner system like www.topguncustomz.com has which mount/clamp to the axle and come out..

oh and I haven't put one on yet either.. its been along time since I did the conversion.. but getting ready to do one soon...

 

My '99 2500 came from the factory with the T setup and a clamp-on steering damper. The damper clamp has to be angled away from the front differential cover so it will clear during hard turning.

 

Can you get a picture of the location of the axle end of the damper?

I knew the '99s had the clamp on style since I helped my buddy remove his when he encountered a "road hazard" that damaged his. I just wasn't sure if I could get the clamp-on setup and use it on my '01 with the '98-99 steering. I figured it should work unless they moved the axle end mounting point when they changed the steering setup in '00.

 

aggie- I used 98-99 damper&tie rod bracket #52039179-AB
this was 2+ yrs ago
the bracket is a beefed up version of the 98-99 type
hope this helps.---john---

 

Perfect, that's the info I was looking for. I just didn't want to end up with parts that didn't fit since I'll probably be getting them online. Thanks!

 

Aggie-pics cummin soon-


IF you look closly at the pic you can see the re-enforcement between the tierod and bracket.
Hope this helps.......John

 

Stock bracket

 

Will be doing this T-style upgrade to my 1995...Got the replacment steering box and all the 98/99 steering components in transit..

 

This is a very old thread Diesel Dave2, why don't you begin a new thread when you swap your steering and include photos so others can learn from your experience.