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Title: wtb zlink bar
Post by: 67fastback on June 30, 2007, 06:14:54 PM
I want to know where I can get a z link bar cheap. turns out they did a spring over on my sami and they just bent the bar. the streering goes all over the place while turning.and letting go with spin back...this thing will break my arm if I do not get that fix...
Title: Re: wtb zlink bar
Post by: ack on June 30, 2007, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: 67fastback on June 30, 2007, 06:14:54 PM
I want to know where I can get a z link bar cheap. turns out they did a spring over on my sami and they just bent the bar. the streering goes all over the place while turning.and letting go with spin back...this thing will break my arm if I do not get that fix...


Bad news, 67fastback...

A Z-link isn't going to help you fix the problem you have.  What you are describing is Bumpsteer and it is caused by the change in the vertical distance between the pittman arm end of the draglink and the axle end when you installed the SPOA lift.

Check out the following thread:

http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=5609&highlight=bumpsteer

Towards the bottom is a couple of animated illustrations I created that sum up what you are feeling in your steering and how to fix it.

I drove for 6 years with nothing but a Breeze draglink (much more rugged than one of those welded-together-and-braced z-links that you see all the time) before I gave up and got an OTT steering kit.

If you don't have the loot fo upgrade to an OTT system (pricing varies a bit depending on how you do it), you can live with it until money does become available.  You just have to be vigilant when driving down a rough road and at night...

Title: Re: wtb zlink bar
Post by: BigRedZuki on July 01, 2007, 03:28:09 PM
would a drop pitman arm work
Title: Re: wtb zlink bar
Post by: john1974 on July 01, 2007, 03:32:06 PM
Quote from: ack on June 30, 2007, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: 67fastback on June 30, 2007, 06:14:54 PM
I want to know where I can get a z link bar cheap. turns out they did a spring over on my sami and they just bent the bar. the streering goes all over the place while turning.and letting go with spin back...this thing will break my arm if I do not get that fix...


Bad news, 67fastback...

A Z-link isn't going to help you fix the problem you have.  What you are describing is Bumpsteer and it is caused by the change in the vertical distance between the pittman arm end of the draglink and the axle end when you installed the SPOA lift.

Check out the following thread:

[url]http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=5609&highlight=bumpsteer[/url]

Towards the bottom is a couple of animated illustrations I created that sum up what you are feeling in your steering and how to fix it.

I drove for 6 years with nothing but a Breeze draglink (much more rugged than one of those welded-together-and-braced z-links that you see all the time) before I gave up and got an OTT steering kit.

If you don't have the loot fo upgrade to an OTT system (pricing varies a bit depending on how you do it), you can live with it until money does become available.  You just have to be vigilant when driving down a rough road and at night...




yep thats the bad thing about a z-bar. drop pittman arm with regular bar would help.
Title: Re: wtb zlink bar
Post by: BigRedZuki on July 01, 2007, 03:50:28 PM
john1947 what did you do to get bfg krawlers under you rig