Chevy stuff into a Jeep YJ

BiggDaddy · 11-12-2008, 10:32 AM

OK everyone, I've got a buddy that is putting a 350 Chevy into a YJ. Has a Chevy 10 bolt front axle that is spring-over. Last night we got into the steering a bit. Chevy axle has Chevy tie-rod and drag link hooked up to the Jeep steering box with drop pitman arm. The tie-rod and drag-link currently run underneath the springs. Problem now is that the drag-link makes major contact with the passenger side spring when turning to the right. It just makes contact when about half-way turned, but at full turn, it is really bad. Does anybody know of anyone that has done this before, or any informational links as to what we can do here? /-------------------O
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Our best guess is that he will need a z-shaped drag link to make it work. We were really hoping that there is some type of vehicle out there that has one of these stock, or a place to find one for a decent price. Otherwise, it will involve flipping the tie-rod and the drag link to make them go over the springs, and that seems to be out of budget for this early in the build. Hope you guys can think of/ come up with something. Thanks.

BiggDaddy

11-12-2008, 10:32 AM	#1
BiggDaddy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sidney, Ohio Posts: 52	Chevy stuff into a Jeep YJ OK everyone, I've got a buddy that is putting a 350 Chevy into a YJ. Has a Chevy 10 bolt front axle that is spring-over. Last night we got into the steering a bit. Chevy axle has Chevy tie-rod and drag link hooked up to the Jeep steering box with drop pitman arm. The tie-rod and drag-link currently run underneath the springs. Problem now is that the drag-link makes major contact with the passenger side spring when turning to the right. It just makes contact when about half-way turned, but at full turn, it is really bad. Does anybody know of anyone that has done this before, or any informational links as to what we can do here? /-------------------O O______________/ Our best guess is that he will need a z-shaped drag link to make it work. We were really hoping that there is some type of vehicle out there that has one of these stock, or a place to find one for a decent price. Otherwise, it will involve flipping the tie-rod and the drag link to make them go over the springs, and that seems to be out of budget for this early in the build. Hope you guys can think of/ come up with something. Thanks. BiggDaddy