Who has done the Thuren crossover steering? Looking to do it on a stock suspension for future towing of a fifth wheel trailer. Thnx Steve

 

And your question is?

 

i have done the cross over

 

Hopefully this weekend I'll be doing it.

 

Just wanted opinions and appraisals.

 

Works great....cost me $90 to replace the first set of heims on the tie rod, they lasted a little better than twice as long as the TRE's. Steers better than the OEM set up and my tire cupping/feathering issues went bye-bye.

I'll do it sooner than later when I get a 3rd gen........

 

How many miles did you have on the heim joints when you replaced them and how did you know they were going bad? I just got my set up in today and all I can say is that it doesn't belong underneath a truck. It belongs on a wall.

 

Let us know how you like BB. One of those things that's been in the back of my mind.

http://thurenfabrication.com/crossover.html

 

Over 40K when I replaced them.....I figured they were bad because the toe was out ever so slightly and the tires were starting to cup a little.

I got over 45K out of my Swamper SSR's with this set up.......rears actually wore down before the fronts did, and I don't do burnouts.....

 

So the cupping/feathering issues are taken care of with this set up. I always thought it was the nature of coil spring front ends. I'd like to run traction tires on the front and get more then 10k out of the edges .

 

No, actually it's the nature of the OEM inverted Y steering. Whenever the front suspension compresses, it causes the front wheels to toe out.

Doesn't do that any more with the x-over steering.