Joopin
Super Moderator
Well for those of you that have big meats on your jeep, you may have discovered what I have recently...
Over sized tires kill your stock steering box!!!
I have 36x14.50s on my 91 YJ and over the past year that I have had them on I have noticed that my steering box has been leaking more and more each day. It is to the point that the steering is getting sloppy on any kind of road use. I researched it, and sure enough, the big tires were the reason.
So let me be the test dummy here, and say, "Anyone that is or has put OS tires on thier rig with a stock steering box be prepared to replace it!"
There is good news though, I have found that the upgrade is cheaper than the stock replacement!! The stocker went for 500 bucks and the AGR Superbox 1 is $350! I just got mine in the mail today, it has oversized pistons for more power and it allows the wheels to turn a tighter radius. I bought mine from Quadratec.
Anyway, onto the question... has anyone replaced a steering box? The instructions that came with the new part don't seem that difficult. But do I need to bleed the system or anything? If anyone has any insight on this for the local test dummy I will very much appriciated it.
Sorry for the length,
Joop
Over sized tires kill your stock steering box!!!
I have 36x14.50s on my 91 YJ and over the past year that I have had them on I have noticed that my steering box has been leaking more and more each day. It is to the point that the steering is getting sloppy on any kind of road use. I researched it, and sure enough, the big tires were the reason.
So let me be the test dummy here, and say, "Anyone that is or has put OS tires on thier rig with a stock steering box be prepared to replace it!"
There is good news though, I have found that the upgrade is cheaper than the stock replacement!! The stocker went for 500 bucks and the AGR Superbox 1 is $350! I just got mine in the mail today, it has oversized pistons for more power and it allows the wheels to turn a tighter radius. I bought mine from Quadratec.
Anyway, onto the question... has anyone replaced a steering box? The instructions that came with the new part don't seem that difficult. But do I need to bleed the system or anything? If anyone has any insight on this for the local test dummy I will very much appriciated it.
Sorry for the length,
Joop