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dirtridinz71

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You guys are confusing cross over steering and highsteer. For crossover the passenger knuckle gets machined, drilled & tapped for a steering arm that connects the draglink to the pitman arm. Involves nothing with the drivers side knuckle.

High steer is moving the tie rod location up to the steering arm on top on the knuckle. You would need a double hole passenger side steering arm and a single one on the drivers side.

There is no need to put the tie rod on the top of the factory steering arm, sure you may gain an inch or so of clearance but its not worth the hassle. The GM D44's had the tie rods mounted on top, fords and GM corp 10 bolts were on the bottom.
Just reaming the holes out on top is not the right way to do it either, you need to drill the knuckle out and weld in a tapered insert, just reaming leaves little meet for the tie rod to fit into. Plus with the tie rod on top on you can run into clearance issues with the leaves springs when they compress.

Also the tie rod from the from the GM 10 bolt will not fit in the ford knuckles, they use a different taper. The GM's are larger and deeper.

In short send away your passenger knuckle for the machine work. Mount the steering arm for CROSSOVER. Keep the tie rod in the factory spot and don't worry about reaming out anything.
 

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Like dirtridin said leave it on bottom there's no reason to move it on top unless it's Hana be in the boulders alot and even then your pumpkin is your lowest part anyway.
 

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Another Update!

Started to tear down the RCX, will be up for sale soon if anybody is interested ;)
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On to the Dana 44, got the last knuckle off! Just need to get this stupid steering arm off the knuckle... which apparently is pressed on
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Now on to the Cleaning portion of this process

This is inside the tubes :nono:
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So i made this tool :cheers: It works pretty well to the get the big stuff out, then i shove a vacuum in there. When i get some brake cleaner or some other chemical if anybody has any ideas? i should be able to get it cleaner

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And my dumbass used a bucket with a hole in it.. i didn't see it at first to collect the gear oil... you can imagine how that went :crazy:


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Brake cleaner will work very well. Be sure to use non chlorinated. It costs more but it dries fast. Nice tool!

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Another Update!
On to the Dana 44, got the last knuckle off! Just need to get this stupid steering arm off the knuckle... which apparently is pressed on
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So i made this tool :cheers: It works pretty well to the get the big stuff out, then i shove a vacuum in there. When i get some brake cleaner or some other chemical if anybody has any ideas? i should be able to get it cleaner

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:grd:

The steering arm isn't pressed on. It uses cone washers that have now rusted themselves solid to the arm and studs. It takes a lot of heat, a BFH, good large cold chisel and a lot of pounding to get it off.

If you are completely rebuilding the axle, then pull the carrier and inner axle seals, then spray as much degreaser as possible down the tubes and hit them with a pressure washer.
Post a closer picture of the upper balljoint hole in the inner C's. There should be a threaded insert in them, that im not seeing in yours or any threads.
 
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