two-bit
Precision Fit
Hello all, I am not usually in this forum because i am pick-up owner. However there is a question i have about early CJ steering linkage and wide tires. A local guy near me, who is 19 yrs old, is bound and determined to run 12.50 wide tires on his "jeep soup" 51 CJ 3. (Its a huge collection of parts he has been putting together since he was 14.)
I have always been led to believe that wide tires on the steer axle were always bad for the linkage (ie: rod ends, pitman arms, ect) because it causes to much stress via drag friction from the wider tires. It makes sense to me, the pick-ups are the same way narrow tire, less stress on linkage.
Did the CJ's have tougher steeing parts ? Can they handle wide tires better than i think they can ? Am i making a mountain out of a mole hill?
He will day drive it this summer, cause it will be road ready. I don't want to see him get into an accident because of steering failure. I may not be able to change his mind, but i would like to know if i am right or not.
He is running an old closed knuckle, drum brake, front diff. Damned if i know what its out of. Linkage is tight right now, don't know if it will last.
TIA.
I have always been led to believe that wide tires on the steer axle were always bad for the linkage (ie: rod ends, pitman arms, ect) because it causes to much stress via drag friction from the wider tires. It makes sense to me, the pick-ups are the same way narrow tire, less stress on linkage.
Did the CJ's have tougher steeing parts ? Can they handle wide tires better than i think they can ? Am i making a mountain out of a mole hill?
He will day drive it this summer, cause it will be road ready. I don't want to see him get into an accident because of steering failure. I may not be able to change his mind, but i would like to know if i am right or not.
He is running an old closed knuckle, drum brake, front diff. Damned if i know what its out of. Linkage is tight right now, don't know if it will last.
TIA.