I found out the junkyard I got the axles from lied and they are from a 96-97 Ram. They were suppose to be out of an 01 Ram

 

Called it. But it's alright, just means you have to remember the year when ordering anything for the front. Now, I think you should forget the stabilizer mount, the tie rod, and the year and just order the T setup. Lots of people don't run a stabilizer or didn't notice when removed (me). Order AC Delco from rockauto for the best parts. Moog cheaped out.

edit: whoops. Who's thread is this again? Well, either way . . .

 

Heard really bad things about Dodge Off Road but how is there no drill T steering? I though about ordering that. Also I'm getting access from HeyYou with the T steering you recommend ACDelco parts? I have been buying more because back in the day they were the best

 

That sucks, at least you figured out what year they actually are.

 

I don't know why you're looking at DOR parts at all. You can get OEM T steering on rockauto or any parts store. Just ask for the 98-99 HD steering parts. But you should confirm with research your year has the correct size knuckle tapers. I think 94-99 works and I think 2000+ needs the 08 rods. I know my 99 was a perfect candidate but yours is your own responsibility.

 

As it always is but I don't know to much about different steering setups. But DOR naked a crossover steering and I thin you said earlier that is the best steering

 

Nope, not me. I've never bought anything from them or mentioned them. I do enjoy reading all the horror stories about their terrible service. You should probably avoid them. But I'm not talking about crossover steering, which is a specific off-roading design, just the T steering which is better than Y but not exactly crossover.

 

I am not really a fan of the Dodge version of T steering. Mine has a horrid case of tie-rod roll, leaving a pretty significant dead spot in the steering. Sure, there are ways to address it, I just don't think that should be necessary...... my 96 with the Y steering drove a LOT better than my 98 with the T steering.

 

My T steering was perfect until the bad Redhead forced me to adjust it. Then it started rolling over. But I fixed it and it steers true and solid. The Y steering had a lot more bump steer. Only way to truly fix front ends is to start over with all new EVERYTHING.

 

I was looking at true crossover steering, that ran the drag link to the passenger knuckle, but, that would make the drag link a LOT longer than the track bar, and would introduce some SERIOUS bump steer..... and I really didn't see any way around that. Not to mention it was north of 1200 bucks to do it...... more effort than I wanted to put into it.