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Bolt-on high steer or drag link flip kits?

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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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Default Bolt-on high steer or drag link flip kits?

I'm still battling bump steer with my Teraflex 4-inch full-flexarm lift. Normally, I'd just go with the Teraflex drag link flip kit but I'd really rather avoid a weld-on solution.

Does anyone have first-hand experience with a bolt-on kit like the AEV? Is there anything else on the market?
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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You can drag link flip alone without getting the frame brace... do that and going back to a stock pitman arm can help to tighten things up. Did for me, though I did the frame brace as well.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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You should do the frame brace, a welder can do it in 10 mins. It helps support the drop bracket which really needs it so it doesn't stress and rip the factory one.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 04:36 PM
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I have the Evo drag link flip. No welding, completely bolt-on. So far it's working great and eliminated my bumpsteer. Good price too.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by renpia
I have the Evo drag link flip. No welding, completely bolt-on. So far it's working great and eliminated my bumpsteer. Good price too.
Or that too, forgot they just came out with a bolt-on.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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My AEV was complete and works great.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
The currie drag link is just a bolt on. No welding.
Shouldn't all draglinks be bolt on?
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Yes, all I have seen are just bolt on. I am not sure what the op is talking about welding. MB a reinforcement bracket?
Most flip kits that use a drop bracket for the tracbar have a reinforcement rod/brace that attaches to the frame which until recently, the bracket that supports the cross brace needed to be welded on.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Oh ya. I already had the jks track bar brace installed when I did the currie flip. Forgot about that part of adjusting the track bar mount also.
Ya, that works too.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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I really enjoy the AEV kit .. night and day difference
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