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Old 02-06-2019, 01:36 PM
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Steering Upgrade or not

So after 12 years and 90k miles I experienced the dreaded death wobble. I'm trying to take a practical approach to repair as the bank of me is not limitless, I already knew the ball joints were coming due (figuring on using the XRF's as that seems to be a good middle of the road choice), so that's step one. Just for grins and giggles I'll replace the stabilizer bar bushings and links. It seems adding a steering box brace is a reasonable cost add on to help keep things in one piece. Which leaves me with 2 other things to address; 1- the track bar, how bad is OE and can I get away with just new bushings. There is no suspension lift in the future and it seems the $300+ for a track bar may be unnecessary. 2 - Should I upgrade from the Y steering linkage system to the T upgrade, is it worth it and have they finally solved all the recall issues with that set up? Thoughts? Thanks for the input.
Old 02-06-2019, 04:12 PM
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Just do it right once. The Synergy steering for us is bombproof. I've had it on for two years now.
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Thanks Danderson, It seems that XRF is producing there own version now too. So as with all things I'll have to compare and weigh price vs features/build. In any event from what I gather anything is better than the Y linkage. I'm not an engineer but it seems like for some strange reason they over complicated the steering with the Y thing and in the process made it weaker (stupider if that's a word).
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Just my .02 but synergy steering and Carli Ball joints.

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