Teraflex SS/JKS relocation bracket - WTF am I doing wrong?
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Put the rod end on the track bar bracket, and put the larger body end on the tie rod bracket, and make it sit on top of the tie rod bar so the shock is angled up slightly.
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I'm gonna throw the SS back on tomorrow morning after work and take some more pics. When it was mounted, it looks like it would work with a skinnier SS. Maybe something like the bilstien. It just puzzles me that this doesn't work. Northridge sells this setup as a kit!? Maybe Dave will let me exchange the stabilizer for a smaller one.
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I'm gonna throw the SS back on tomorrow morning after work and take some more pics. When it was mounted, it looks like it would work with a skinnier SS. Maybe something like the bilstien. It just puzzles me that this doesn't work. Northridge sells this setup as a kit!? Maybe Dave will let me exchange the stabilizer for a smaller one.
Last edited by mkjeep; 05-27-2011 at 06:02 PM.
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OK, lesson learned. It is much easier to do things in the daytime than it is at night with a flashlight while there are strong thunderstorms rolling in on the horizon. Once I had a chance to sit down and really look at what I needed to do it wasn't terribly difficult. It is still an awefully tight fit(<1/8" at full right turn), but it works. You can vaguely see the marks I made on the tie rod. The pin for the tie rod bracket had to be between those two in order for it not to rub, and still be able to make the lock to lock turn of the steering wheel. I'd say it's about an inch of space. Thanks mkjeep and rinkish for your input last night. Front LCA's and 1/2" spacers are going on next week. This time I'll make sure that I leave myself enough time to get done before dark.
Last edited by dcharge74; 05-28-2011 at 06:46 AM.
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How did you get the Bilstein damper to work with the JKS steering damper relocation bracket? The stud that is welded on the bracket will not work with the bushing size that is in the Bilstein damper.
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i'll bring it back to life as well. as im having the same problem. from what i understand the bilstein sleeve is molded in the rubber bushing. therefore its damn near impossible to get out. i read a post in which someone cut out the sleeve and the bushing and popped old teraflex SS bushings into the bilstein.