High Steer Arms for D60 WTH??

[JPalmer81]

Okay, What are high steer arms?? Are these just an upgrade for the stock steer arms? Are they for use in conjunction with a lift? I have never had a kingpin axle so kinda new to all this stuff. Thanks.

[Beersnob]

Stock steering on a Dana 60 places the tie rod directly in front of the axle, making it extremely easy to bend it. High steer arms allow you to mount the tie rod above the leaf springs, thus keeping it out of harm's way for better clearance. You should also look into crossover steering while you're at it.

Here is a link to ORD's website that explains it better.

http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog...0crossover.htm

[obijuan]

High steer means to move the tie rod from the stock location at the knuckle to abover the knuckle. You remove the stock knuckle caps and place aftermarket steering arms. Bolt on your tie rod to the new arms up high. Run crossover style steering, and your drag link will shoot over to the passenger side.
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[JPalmer81]

So it is mainly for hardcore wheelers then? Is the only advantage the placement of the tie rod?

[obijuan]

Essentially, for a daily driver its just shiny expensive parts that dont help much.

Crossover is worth it though.

[JPalmer81]

Originally Posted by obijuan

Essentially, for a daily driver its just shiny expensive parts that dont help much.

Crossover is worth it though.

So cross over and high steering are 2 different things, I thought they were the same essentially, I am confused now.

[Beersnob]

Originally Posted by JPalmer81

So cross over and high steering are 2 different things, I thought they were the same essentially, I am confused now.

Yes, crossover steering and high steer are two different things. You can do one without the other, but most people do both at the same time. If you look at the steering on your truck, you'll notice that the pitman arm has a small rod that attaches to the driver side knuckle. That is where your steering comes from, then there's a tie rod that connects the two knuckles together. The issue you have is that the angles make it to where you don't have much torque on the steering arm and if you get off camber, you can essentially lose all steering based on angles. What crossover steering does is moves the steering arm to the other side of the axle, giving you both more torque on the steering and a much better angle. As a result, off camber stuff doesnt affect steering.

In order to do crossover steering, you'll need a steering box off a 2wd truck.

[JPalmer81]

Originally Posted by Beersnob

Yes, crossover steering and high steer are two different things. You can do one without the other, but most people do both at the same time. If you look at the steering on your truck, you'll notice that the pitman arm has a small rod that attaches to the driver side knuckle. That is where your steering comes from, then there's a tie rod that connects the two knuckles together. The issue you have is that the angles make it to where you don't have much torque on the steering arm and if you get off camber, you can essentially lose all steering based on angles. What crossover steering does is moves the steering arm to the other side of the axle, giving you both more torque on the steering and a much better angle. As a result, off camber stuff doesnt affect steering.

In order to do crossover steering, you'll need a steering box off a 2wd truck.

Can this be done if I have the Hydro boost setup?

[Beersnob]

Originally Posted by JPalmer81

Can this be done if I have the Hydro boost setup?

Yes, it can.

[JPalmer81]

I will have to look into it, is there a kit or do i piece it together?

[Beersnob]

There are a few different companies that make a kit to do it. I went with an Offroad Design kit when I did mine on the Blazer, but there are a few others out there. Just remember that you'll need to get a 2wd steering box to make it work. Just Google crossover steering kits and it should bring them up.

[JPalmer81]

Sweet, thanks for all the help beersnob! I am going to look into this cause I have heard nothing but good things from the crossover setup, now that i know what it is, sounds pretty simple.

[mcmlxix]

Here is the company O bought my kit from.
http://northwestfab.3dcartstores.com/Dana-60_c_33.html

PS: Crossover may not clear without a lift. Talk to the mfg of each kit you're interested in.

[JPalmer81]

I have a 4" lift sitting in the garage waiting to go on, and I just found out I may be coming home from deployment a month earlier than I had expected, very excited to get going on my CC!!

[Mr. 250r]

I thought and i could be wrong here that high steer needs crossover as its the same setup with some obvious extra pieces to move the tie rod out from the front, aside from that its also seems to be common piece on fixing the extremely infamous and highly annoying and dangerous death wobble the dana 60s just love to have

Comapanies that sell them
northwest fab
Off road design
off road unlimited
ballistic fab
bluetorch fab
sky manufacturing
Wfo concept
And others

I can only vouch for off road design but not on the high steer part but they are a great company and have answered me a question for me
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