silvrzuki77
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Hey guys, I recieved my new upgrade kit for my steering rack. I also never really saw a how to on changing a rack soo going to try my best.
Well here is my upgrade kit from Mayhem metal works
I do a lot of backcountry travel soo a snapped rack would be no good for me
Soo with the alpha things to consider different motor mounts not as easy to pull the rack as the I5.
step 1 remove tires
Step 2 tie off steering wheel
step 3 remove all skid plates and front UCP
step 4 unbolt steering column bolt and slid it off the rack
Step 5 unhook the powersteering bolt and wiggle the connection off.
step 6 loosen the tierod nut from the tierod. Helps to hit the knucle near the tierod with a hammer will giving slight upward pressure on the tierod
Step 7 remove the passenger side clamp and then remove both driver side bolts. (sorry no pics)
I ran into trouble trying to pull the rack out not having clearence around the motor mount on the driver side. I believe this is due to the V8 mounts. Unhook the vertical bolt and 4 driver side differential bolts and turn the nount 90 degrees.
Now I was able to remove the entire rack including the tierods by wiggling and rotating it 180 degrees while moving it to the passenger side.
Step 8 installing the new bushings. My rack had little ears that need to be removed on the old bushings cut them off.
take the supplied tool and your 5" or great C clamp and press the old bushing out. Super easy!
Take both bushing and you need to cut and burn off the the old rubber to reuse the inner metal sleeve. I didnt cut anything off just threw it on the firepit and drank a beer.
10 or 15 min it burned almost everything off ( dont breathe the black smoke lol)
little sandpaper all clean!
the kit comes with 4 new driver side bushings install the small lip bushing on the frame side of the stock bushing
slipped on
take the tool and press both bushings back into the rack
All installed
installing is just the reverse except the new clamp has 4 mounting bolts versus the old 2 bolts.
(sorry not a ton of room to take pics of it)
the only thing that through me for a loop was removing the rack by disconnecting the driver side diff bracket.
Steering is great nice and firm. Did throw off my steering whell 1/8th of turn but drivers straight and returns to center perfectly. Just need to get the steering wheel back to center. All in all a great kit super simple and about a 3 beer installl!:giggle:
Well here is my upgrade kit from Mayhem metal works
I do a lot of backcountry travel soo a snapped rack would be no good for me
Soo with the alpha things to consider different motor mounts not as easy to pull the rack as the I5.
step 1 remove tires
Step 2 tie off steering wheel
step 3 remove all skid plates and front UCP
step 4 unbolt steering column bolt and slid it off the rack
Step 5 unhook the powersteering bolt and wiggle the connection off.
step 6 loosen the tierod nut from the tierod. Helps to hit the knucle near the tierod with a hammer will giving slight upward pressure on the tierod
Step 7 remove the passenger side clamp and then remove both driver side bolts. (sorry no pics)
I ran into trouble trying to pull the rack out not having clearence around the motor mount on the driver side. I believe this is due to the V8 mounts. Unhook the vertical bolt and 4 driver side differential bolts and turn the nount 90 degrees.
Now I was able to remove the entire rack including the tierods by wiggling and rotating it 180 degrees while moving it to the passenger side.
Step 8 installing the new bushings. My rack had little ears that need to be removed on the old bushings cut them off.
take the supplied tool and your 5" or great C clamp and press the old bushing out. Super easy!
Take both bushing and you need to cut and burn off the the old rubber to reuse the inner metal sleeve. I didnt cut anything off just threw it on the firepit and drank a beer.
10 or 15 min it burned almost everything off ( dont breathe the black smoke lol)
little sandpaper all clean!
the kit comes with 4 new driver side bushings install the small lip bushing on the frame side of the stock bushing
slipped on
take the tool and press both bushings back into the rack
All installed
installing is just the reverse except the new clamp has 4 mounting bolts versus the old 2 bolts.
(sorry not a ton of room to take pics of it)
the only thing that through me for a loop was removing the rack by disconnecting the driver side diff bracket.
Steering is great nice and firm. Did throw off my steering whell 1/8th of turn but drivers straight and returns to center perfectly. Just need to get the steering wheel back to center. All in all a great kit super simple and about a 3 beer installl!:giggle:
