Sorry, I also misunderstood what you meant when you spoke about the axle moving

When you turn the wheel hard over, I think you'll find the Thuren crossover bar actually moves rearward! Don't have one but that's how I picture it!

RJ

 

yeah your right it looks to me like the bar will move back some especially on hard right turns. But to come close to the sway bar mounts it would have to move up.

 

Crossover steering pics

Do these pics answer any of your questions?? If not, I can go take pics of mine at full lock and check the clearance!

Chris

 

Thanks ,but no help there I've been looking at those photos myself, then at my truck and thats why i'm not getting it. Sig 600 if you were to pull a string between the bolts on your crossover bar then check the clearance on that string at full lock in both directions would it hit anything? If I didn't need to keep my truck mobile untill I do this I would just yank everything off and check for myself. I already have the tubing and the rest of the parts should be here next week but I don't have a torch set and once the truck is apart I'll have no way to go get a torch set.

 

I'll do that tonight!

Chris

 

Much appreciated.

 

Nevermind...I was mistaken. The "bent" bar is the one that runs from the pitman arm to the right steering knuckle. Not the draglink...although the drag link does have a slight bend on each end, that is not as crucial for clearance as the other bent bar!

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Chris

 

Thanks. Now that makes sense. Do you have the bar mounted on the top or the bottom of your pitman arm?

 

Bottom of the pitman arm!

Chris

 

94-97 trucks have a different sway bar mount than the 98+. Both the tie rod and the drag link will need to be bent to clear the sway bar mount.

As the wheels turn lock to lock, the tie rod moves backward, closer to the axle housing. A straight tie rod on a 96 will hit the sway bar mounts.

You should have the drag link on top of the knuckle and the tie rod underneath......