I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff to my Jeep in preparation for tj fest. After putting in a PSC big bore box I didn’t care for the newly acquired slop in the wheel. Let me add that every pc in the front end has also been replaced by either metal cloak or curry parts. After inspecting what was going on I found two things to be a cause to my sloppiness. First was where I needed to remove the plastic fill from the telescoping section of the lower shaft. The two pcs of shaft don’t fit perfectly within each other. Easy fix with a welder. The other thing that I found was that there was a slight bit of play in the needle bearing. Nothing I’d normally be concerned with but, it got me thinking about a thread I read somewhere about drilling a hole in the needle bearing and using a needle fitting to occasionally grease it. My thought is why not use a better bearing that actually has a grease fitting? So, I put the Jeep on the lift and pulled the lower shaft and bearing out. Again. Lol! Like I said, I’ve been doing a bunch of work to the Jeep. Anyway, I just so happen to have a flanged bearing with a grease fitting that fit the shaft perfectly where the old needle bearing use to ride. So, I removed the mounting bracket and removed the two studs. Drilled two holes and blam....flanged bearing mounted to factory bracket. Installed everything into the Jeep and the steering is as smooth as silk and as tight as a virgin. The bearing also had two set screws to lock it to the steering shaft ensuring it’s the bearing turning and not the shaft within the inner race.
Give us part numbers and pics man.
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I don’t have a part # for the flanged bearing. I’ll try to source it though. I didn’t take any pics of the install but, I’ll take a few pics of it installed and will post them.
Sorry for the prolonged delay in posting a picture and part numbers. I was not able to source any part numbers. I had this flanged bearing amongst others in a bin in my parts room. I took a few pictures of it but, I guess I’m too illiterate to figure out how to post a picture to this thread….lol
Sorry for the prolonged delay in posting a picture and part numbers. I was not able to source any part numbers. I had this flanged bearing amongst others in a bin in my parts room. I took a few pictures of it but, I guess I’m too illiterate to figure out how to post a picture to this thread….lol
Man I think they could help a lot of people do you have any idea what it is where it came from or what the part number is
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