I had one and didn t realize how horrible it was until i bought tube and heims and built my own.
Thoughts on xj rugged ridge steering.
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Will support weight of the front of an xj steering feels.
I really need my steering fixed but i wanna have it done once.
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The rugged ridge steering is a piece of shit.
Use ruffstuff s the cure bushing boot from ruffstuff specialties replace the dinky stock aluminum steering box spacer with a steel one from jcroffroad add a steering box brace from m o r e upgrade your xj to 1 ton steering from ruffstuff or currie enterprises.
Obviously replacing just the tre s would make the most sense however with the currie steering the tre on the drag link is built in and would require.
Imho anything is better than the stock xj tie rod.
I ve seen the same setup at jcwhitney for about 245 or something.
The way rugged ridge is set up when you steer there s a huge dead spot because it actually rotates the tie rod end before it actually starts moving the rod.
The basic sequence we d follow for upgrading your xj s steering looks like this.
If the tre are stock grand cherokee zj or wj they re fairly easy to replace.
Zj steering linkage v8 at least is beefier than an xj s anyway.
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Budget constraints are a factor in my choice especially since i might have to get a new gear box as well.