Originally Posted by BigMeatVX
Yeah I remember reading something about that at 4x4wire...but the 1st gen. (I thhink that is what he has) are close to 2" shorter ; mabey thats why his felt funny, or it could have been the little amount of front lift availble on a first generation (the tie rod possibly was at a WORSE angle after the 'flip') furthermore, my VX has worse-than-ideal geometery right now with the 4-5" lift I am running , so I think I would benefit from the tierods being more horizonal at my ride hieght....
The problem is not in the length of the tierod, though you are right, early trucks are shorter. The Steering setup on all IFS isuzus is a very carefully designed piece of work. The angles of the tie rods have a very careful relationship with the angles of the A-arms. The Upper and lower a-arms and the tie rod all travel in slightly different arcs when the suspension moves. They are all engineered to work together so that the truck goes where you want it no matter what the suspension does. If you modify the angles on the TieRods independently from the arms it will change the arc they travel in as the suspension cycles. What this means in simple terms is, if you flip the tie rod to the top of the knuckle, as the suspension travels you will get drastic toe in and out at the wheels, making the truck VERY dangerous to drive.
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