Considering a Big Bore Box, Some Questions

Cousin Clyde said:
The clunking sound was caused by play in the reamed out pitman arm and the TRE on the drag link. Hence a popping feeling when holding the pitman arm :doh: I did a medium job reaming the pitman arm by hand and it appears it wallowed out over the summer. Conclusion: no steering gear box issues at this time...however...if I bought the big bore kit, it would come with a new pitman arm that I could machine a proper taper in[emoji57]


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Self inflicted excuse to buy the big box. Nice.
 
Cousin Clyde said:
Exactly.




The 1 Ton GM end didn’t fit into the stock hole. I will say that on the other end of the drag link, I drilled out the knuckle and used the Synergy tapered insert and that thing is solid as hell. Nice solution by Synergy.


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Why couldn’t you use the same insert with the correct taper on the pitman arm? Not that the new steering box wouldn’t be nice to have


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Cousin Clyde said:
The 1 Ton GM end didn’t fit into the stock hole. I will say that on the other end of the drag link, I drilled out the knuckle and used the Synergy tapered insert and that thing is solid as hell. Nice solution by Synergy.


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What draglink do you have?
 
JKbrick said:
Why couldn’t you use the same insert with the correct taper on the pitman arm? Not that the new steering box wouldn’t be nice to have


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It didn’t fit. The pitman arm end of the TRE was a larger diameter than the knuckle end.


TrailHunter said:
What draglink do you have?
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Exodus aluminum. Came with the 1 Ton ends. It’s a really nice kit, I just should have used the correct taper bit to ream the arm. The bit I had was slightly off.



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Cousin Clyde said:
Exodus aluminum. Came with the 1 Ton ends. It’s a really nice kit, I just should have used the correct taper bit to ream the arm. The bit I had was slightly off.



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Ahh, got it... I thought you had a Synergy Drag Link. I have the Exodus Tie Rod and the Synergy Drag Link. Their Drag link doesn’t require drilling the Pitman Arm.
 
TrailHunter said:
Ahh, got it... I thought you had a Synergy Drag Link. I have the Exodus Tie Rod and the Synergy Drag Link. Their Drag link doesn’t require drilling the Pitman Arm.
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Oh I see, gotchya. We have the opposite setup, haha. Both great products. Given them a good bit of abuse lately.


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Does anybody know if there are clearance issues with the Big Bore box and any aftermarket drag links? I’m looking at picking up a new flipped drag link and I’m looking at Synergy or Currie. I just want to make sure there aren’t any clearance issues if I get the Big Bore box down the road. Thanks.
 
Colorado4x4 said:
Does anybody know if there are clearance issues with the Big Bore box and any aftermarket drag links? I’m looking at picking up a new flipped drag link and I’m looking at Synergy or Currie. I just want to make sure there aren’t any clearance issues if I get the Big Bore box down the road. Thanks.
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No, I ran a synergy and it works perfectly. And actually you need an upgraded one because of the strength of the big bore will bend the stock if it’s bound up


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