Dampen Steering - Possible on a Rack&Pinion

kjhawaii · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:48 pm

Aloha All

While its not serious I can sure feel the 31" 10.5 over rough terrain. I can imagine the wear and tear on the Rack&Pinion. I was wondering if there are any ways to smooth it out.

Just Wondering

KjHawaii

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:12 pm

No. Wonder if it has been addressed on any of the other R&P steered IFS vehicles over the years?

jason thompson · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:22 pm

i saw it once on a '98 ford ranger running like 38" tires not sure how it was done though

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:35 am

Think of how much more wear and tare its putting on the rack and pinion.

jason thompson · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:46 pm

I still can not find the artical on the ranger but I kind of remember how it was done
he made a bracket that attched to each sid of the R&P then another bracket that attched to the front crossmember and used 1 on each side making 2 stabilizers
looked ok did it work ? I dont know but it looked like the truck was more for show

thinking about the added stress that would put on the R&P I would not do it

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:14 pm

This forum is for the KJ's with 4WD. Did you mean ring and pinion? Correct me if I'm wrong but only 2wd trucks/cars have a rack and pinion.

Jeger · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:18 pm

The KJ does have Rack and pinion steering.

http://www.jeep.com/liberty/4wd_capability.html

look at the tabs on the right hand side of the page.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:27 pm

jeepkj02 wrote:

This forum is for the KJ's with 4WD. Did you mean ring and pinion? Correct me if I'm wrong but only 2wd trucks/cars have a rack and pinion.

Almost all suvs have rack+pinion nowadays, sad story. Youve been corrected...Twice.

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:21 am

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Almost all suvs have rack+pinion nowadays, sad story. Youve been corrected...Twice.

Thanks for correcting me. :wink:

Sport · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:52 am

Sorry for the newbish question but how does Rack&pinion steering work?

Jeger · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:56 pm

Its pretty simple but here is what wikipedia says about rack and pinion steering. The KJ couldnt very much from the general idea of R&P steering but if it does someone will probably let us know. :lol:

OzLtd · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:50 am

bloody great question. The KJ is in bad need of a steering damper I say. Also run 245/75/16 MTR's on 8" rims and offroad you can cirtainly feel the punishing that the steering cops. It would be great if someone came up with a bolt on kit. It sure needs it imo.

Dampen Steering - Possible on a Rack&Pinion

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