Solid Axle Swapped Ford F150 Custom Steering Link Build Part 2

It's that time to ditch the old steering links and upgrade to a beefy heim joint steering setup!
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[@teddysmith457]

When you put Bends in pipe Like that you will shorten the length

[@bullford8218]

Yes it will, but I do have a lot of adjustment in the links because of how I set them up.

[@afternoongarage]

23:20 Don't you want to run your steering box so when the wheel is in the center, the steering box is also in the center so you have equal travel in both directions? This was always the way I was taught to set up the steering. If everything is centered (steering box centered, and wheel centered), then you would need to adjust the tie rods to center the wheel. I know the alignment shop would never adjust the steering shaft splines to center the steering wheel. I think that is why most boxes and steering u-joints have a flat spot so you can't misadjust your wheel center like you are doing.

[@bullford8218]

In my case, when I made the drag link the same length as the track bar it kept the steering box centered like it was before but my steering wheel position was off.

[@teddysmith457]

I gotta ask Jimmy . Don’t you have to provide a way to grease them Heim joints? I don’t really understand. I mean shouldn’t they have to be greased?

[@bullford8218]

They are non greaseable and are pre-greased from when they were manufactured.