yup. he's using those "tooth picks" under there. somebody else has already said what i just said-i think it was......... Kyle?

 

As I stated earlier in the thread, it is a mall queen and the 1/2 ton running gear should work for what my customer wants to do. If this were my balzer and I had the $$ I would do it a bit different. Tube frame, coil overs, 2 1/2 ton running gear Ect...... but it's not, it's my customers and he is the one with the sayso in spending the money.

Larry

 

ahhh im late im late.
but never too late, i am subscribed now!

cant wait to see the end progress, looks good so far.

i wonder how fast that engine is gonna Shi* on 54" boggers and that big of a lift, i wouldnt say long.
maybe long enough to get it to the mall?

 

Hi folks, sorry I haven't posted any progress but there hasn't been any. I have been swamped with machine work and have been trying to get cought up on that. I hop in a couple of weeks I will have the rear lifted to match the front. If anyone has any good ideas of links for doing the steering I would love to hear or see it. As stated earlier in the thread this is my first lift being this tall. The further I get into it the more I see needs to be done! I think my customer might stroke when the bill is tallied!!

 

from what someone said earlier use the steering from a tractor. it should work because thats what alot of big big big trucks do. you just have to fab it up a bit.

 

A full hydraulic steering setup would be the best.

 

Any old hydraulic steering set up will make it steer like hearding cattle. The best thing to do is get a return to center orbital with a high GPM and a double ended 2.5" ram. Call PSC steering and they will hook you up if you are unfamiliar with flow rates and picking out orbital valves

 

Keep in mind this is a show truck. It's not going to be used for functionality...
I think the owner was going for looks while keeping it cheap.

 

Yea, the hydrolic sounds the way to go but I don't think it is in the budget. I will look into the tractor steering box idea. Thanks for the ideas guys.
Larry

 

very true, so what you need to do, is just go get a big piece of PVC pipe and you'll be fine. no worries.