Steering/Draglink woes UPDATE
I replaced all my tie rod ends the other day and now I have a bent draglink. I recently put a 2.5" lift in my '79 FJ40 and I've been having to hold about 30 degrees to the right to drive straight ever since. I was under the impression that if I lengthend the relay rod it would return everything to center. When I lengthend the rod it drove the "y" shaped arm off of the steering gear box forward requiring me to lengthen the draglink. Now when the draglink pushes forward so I can turn right it gets pinched by the arm.to the point that it bent the draglink aft of the TRE. Any suggestions?
I'm moving in about a week and my tools and manuals are gone so I took it to a local shop and it's still doing the same thing. We talked about how to fix it but I don't know if it's the best way. He wants to shorten the relay rod back up to return the geomtry to standard and then take the steering wheel off and center it that way. I told him I thought that would just mask the problem and leave me not being able to turn one way as far as the other.
Is there any problem with what he's suggesting? How would you fix it?
I replaced all my tie rod ends the other day and now I have a bent draglink. I recently put a 2.5" lift in my '79 FJ40 and I've been having to hold about 30 degrees to the right to drive straight ever since. I was under the impression that if I lengthend the relay rod it would return everything to center. When I lengthend the rod it drove the "y" shaped arm off of the steering gear box forward requiring me to lengthen the draglink. Now when the draglink pushes forward so I can turn right it gets pinched by the arm.to the point that it bent the draglink aft of the TRE. Any suggestions?
I'm moving in about a week and my tools and manuals are gone so I took it to a local shop and it's still doing the same thing. We talked about how to fix it but I don't know if it's the best way. He wants to shorten the relay rod back up to return the geomtry to standard and then take the steering wheel off and center it that way. I told him I thought that would just mask the problem and leave me not being able to turn one way as far as the other.
Is there any problem with what he's suggesting? How would you fix it?
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