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Old 11-05-2015, 01:56 PM   #17
wilkin250r
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Re: Lifted K10, drop pitman arm or raised steering arm or both

If you have a 6" lift and stock pitman and steering arms, then obviously your geometry is way off. But I assume the original builder drove it like that, if your drag link ends are all worn out, so I don't think this falls under the realm of "immnent catastrophic failure".

I think ANY correction is going to be beneficial to you at this point. If it were my truck, I would probably take a $100 gamble and go with the largest correction you could find (most likely a 4" raised steering arm) and try it out, along with new drag link ends of course. Theoretically, that brings you within 2", and Offroad Design themselves don't even bother correcting anything under 3", so I'm thinking you'll be okay.

Crossover steering, in my opinion, is more of an offroad thing. When you're articulated several degrees and your drag link is at a severe angle, and you're hard up against a rock, you need extra leverage that your existing steering components just won't provide at the angles they're currently in. Crossover steering is the answer. I just don't think it's all that necessary in daily-driver conditions. I'm not saying it's bad, I just don't think it's needed.
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