How to Straighten Steering wheel and adjust your drag link

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After you put on a lift to any vehicle you change the steering and suspension geometry. With a YJ and most front leaf sprung vehicles, all you need to do is adjust your drag link to get your steering wheel back to horizontal (straight) as you are going down the road. This will insure that your blinkers function properly and it just looks goofy and half done if you don't fix it.
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15 окт 2024

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Комментарии : 38

@matthewsalvador9783 4 года назад

I didn’t keep my steering wheel straight when changing gearbox. I’m a dumb dumb also didn’t take pictures. Thank you this helped a lot

@flatlandjeeper5724 4 года назад

Glad to help. That’s why I started the channel. 🍻

@blacksquirrel4008 3 года назад

Thanks. Just the information I needed. The shop that did my alignment after I got new tie rod ends couldn’t turn the drag link so I had to get my torch out today.

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

Yeah. Rust and time can make those really a pain to adjust.

@blacksquirrel4008 3 года назад

@@flatlandjeeper5724 It’s an ‘84 FJ60 Land Cruiser with all original steering hardware. I doubt that bar has been moved 3 times.

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

Yeah. That would make it difficult.

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@skypilot7103 Год назад

Thank you for the video

@flatlandjeeper5724 Год назад

No worries.

@nigelcunningham1038 3 года назад

Cheers for the info.i thought it was a big job to fix

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

Knowledge is power my friend. Thanks!

@bigtd7399 9 месяцев назад

Nice job

@flatlandjeeper5724 Месяц назад

Thanks! 👍🏻

@ZaKo76 4 месяца назад

do you need to have the wheel off the ground to do this?

@flatlandjeeper5724 4 месяца назад

Not necessarily. If you wiggle the steering wheel or roll the vehicle back and forward 10-12 feet it allows everything to settle and then re check

@terrychamberlin8164 3 года назад

Super helpful mine has been bothering me for awile

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

Glad I can help!

@MCLIFE786 3 года назад

What if the draglink is max in then how u center the steering?

@flatlandjeeper5724 2 года назад

I would guess that there might be some other problems. Something bent, steering wheel no positioned properly or the coupling from the steering shaft to the gear box could be misaligned. Hard to say. Some initial guesses. 👍🏻

@MCLIFE786 2 года назад

@@flatlandjeeper5724 well when i took off the stock one steering was fully centered until i installed the teraflex draglink

@atosalvador 3 года назад

After you did this does your vehicle pull to one side when you let go of the steering wheel?

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

A little. It is difficult to get it perfectly straight. If you keep working at it you can get it dialed in. There are other factors that can contribute to lane drift. Uneven tire wear, brakes dragging, road crown, other loose suspension parts, etc…

@jim-me9wm 2 года назад

Good simple video thank you

@flatlandjeeper5724 2 года назад

Thanks!

@eugenembong3043 2 года назад

Sorry sir if your car is vibrating when you are speeding like 70 to 80 please

@diegodeleon6269 3 года назад

Do I need to have a alignment after?

@flatlandjeeper5724 3 года назад

Depends an a few things. Simply changing the length of your drag link does not necessarily change the attributes of your alignment. It changes the relation of your pitman arm to you tire direction, which conversely changes the rotation of your steering wheel to your tire direction. As long as your tire wear is even and the vehicle tracks straight afterwards you should be fine.