roaniecowpony
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The draglink was a big pain to get free from the pitman arm, I shudda just pulled the pitman arm right off the bat, and dealt with it off the vehicle. I had to run around town this morning for tools and loctite. So, this has been dragging out longer than I wanted. I also took note that the original Oct 2018 build steering box (I can't tell which revision, because the tag is all faded out) had an unacceptable amount of play at the pitman arm. So, I spent some time dealing with the OEM thread locker on the adjuster before I could adjust it. I got it down to a very small amount of backlash, maybe .010-.020" at the pitman arm. That took a lot of time, working by myself, to make sure I didn't get it too tight and bind across the full range of steering. But then, I'm retired. Slow is ok.
If you're going to install a Synergy sector brace/trackbar brace, you'll need a big ass 42 mm socket and some way to torque the sector shaft nut to 180 lbs/ft. I got by with a 1 11/16" socket, but it's iffy.
The Synergy brace went on pretty easily, but lining up all the holes was a bit time consuming. You have to take the swaybar loose at the link on both sides of the axle. I took it loose at the link to axle location. It really doesn't matter if you choose the swawbar to link location. Either will work. You will need to jack the passenger side to allow the suspension to extend to swing the swaybar down so it's out of the way of installing the Synergy brace. Just do it. It will save you cursing and it is in the instructions to do so. My installation ended up with a bit of misalignment of the trackbar hole where I had to do a few minutes of filing with a rat-tail file. I tried loosening all the bolts and tried to shift it around but it just wouldn't quite align. Not a big deal.
I'm taking a lunch/old timer break right now. But the brace is in and ready for me to re-install the Yeti trackbar and the new draglink and tierod.
If you're going to install a Synergy sector brace/trackbar brace, you'll need a big ass 42 mm socket and some way to torque the sector shaft nut to 180 lbs/ft. I got by with a 1 11/16" socket, but it's iffy.
The Synergy brace went on pretty easily, but lining up all the holes was a bit time consuming. You have to take the swaybar loose at the link on both sides of the axle. I took it loose at the link to axle location. It really doesn't matter if you choose the swawbar to link location. Either will work. You will need to jack the passenger side to allow the suspension to extend to swing the swaybar down so it's out of the way of installing the Synergy brace. Just do it. It will save you cursing and it is in the instructions to do so. My installation ended up with a bit of misalignment of the trackbar hole where I had to do a few minutes of filing with a rat-tail file. I tried loosening all the bolts and tried to shift it around but it just wouldn't quite align. Not a big deal.
I'm taking a lunch/old timer break right now. But the brace is in and ready for me to re-install the Yeti trackbar and the new draglink and tierod.
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