Where are the steering knuckles on a jeep?
Jeep Steering Knuckles. The steering knuckle is a vital component of the front axle in your Jeep. It mounts to the axle housing with through ball joints and allows the wheel hub and bearing to turn left and right allowing you to steer your Jeep.
Can a steering knuckle be damaged in a wreck?
The steering knuckle itself rarely fails unless damaged in a wreck. More often it is the other components like ball joints, bearings, control arm bushings, or tie rods that can wear out over time.
Where does the steering knuckle connect to the struts?
Depending on your vehicle’s suspension system, the steering knuckle may include a spindle that connects to the upper and lower ball joints, or directly connects the strut assembly to the lower ball joint. The steering knuckle itself rarely fails unless damaged in a wreck.
Why do you need a high steer knuckle?
A new high steer knuckle allows you to move your steering linkage up and further out of the way of harm when on the trail. Buy just the knuckle, and build your own steering linkage, or but the complete high steer kit!
Jeep Steering Knuckles. The steering knuckle is a vital component of the front axle in your Jeep. It mounts to the axle housing with through ball joints and allows the wheel hub and bearing to turn left and right allowing you to steer your Jeep.
How to remove a rack from a jeep?
Remove the 13mm bolt holding the steering shaft to the rack. You will need to completely remove the bolt before you can pull the shaft off the rack. 8. From here you can go ahead and remove the pressure line first from the rack (which is the top line) and then remove the bottom return line from the rack.
A new high steer knuckle allows you to move your steering linkage up and further out of the way of harm when on the trail. Buy just the knuckle, and build your own steering linkage, or but the complete high steer kit!
How to install rack and pinion in Jeep?
Worm the rack up into the unibody on the passenger side and now you should have clearance of the front diff. 3. Move the “rack” all the way to the passenger side, flip the rack assembly itself and then you can now move the assembly into place and bolt it in.
Remove the 13mm bolt holding the steering shaft to the rack. You will need to completely remove the bolt before you can pull the shaft off the rack. 8. From here you can go ahead and remove the pressure line first from the rack (which is the top line) and then remove the bottom return line from the rack.
Worm the rack up into the unibody on the passenger side and now you should have clearance of the front diff. 3. Move the “rack” all the way to the passenger side, flip the rack assembly itself and then you can now move the assembly into place and bolt it in.
Can a steering rack be moved to the passenger side?
The tricky part is you now have to move the steering “rack” all the way to the passenger side. You can do this by pushing the drivers side tie rod into the rack itself (be careful as there’s plenty of fluid left in the rack and will squirt).
How do you bleed air from power steering?
There is actually a TSB for properly bleeding the air from the Power steering, WK1, 5.7. You use a vacuum pump with an adapter that fits the reservoir cap. Just pull vac, wait 5 minutes, top up reservoir, repeat. I bought one of these hand pump vacuum bleeders (also for brakes) on ebay for under 20 bucks.