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WhiteKnight2
03-13-2011, 10:14 AM
Im looking for some advice from the experts here. Im putting the 6.5 lift on my 95 and was wondering if i need to get a drop pitman arm or any other seteering mods. I dont want to do a OTK system because it is a DD. Any advice is appreciated...
OrangeXJ
03-13-2011, 10:19 AM
My son's xj has 6" long arm lift I will look at and see what he has. I'm pretty sure you will need a drop pitman arm and a sye
WhiteKnight2
03-13-2011, 10:33 AM
thanks Orange xj i have the sye installed i just was wondering about steering.
bigjim350
03-13-2011, 12:17 PM
Im at 6.5" and the only thing I HAD to do to mine was a dropped pitman arm. I also upgraded the tie rod to a v8 zj one, but the stock one still handled fine with the lift.
OrangeXJ
03-13-2011, 01:34 PM
My son's xj has 6" long arm lift I will look at and see what he has. I'm pretty sure you will need a drop pitman arm and a sye

He has a dropped pitman
4.3LXJ
03-13-2011, 03:03 PM
You probably will need one. The thing about a lift of this height is that at full droop, it will exceed the capacity of the tie rod ends to flex that far without damage. That is the real test. The real answer will come when you assemble the lift and shocks and go to hook up the tie rod.
modestmar00xj
03-13-2011, 03:32 PM
yeah i have a 6.5 lift and a drop pitman arm. It runs fine.
cherokeewrecker
03-13-2011, 04:26 PM
All you should need is the drop pitman arm, but if you end up needing something else youll find out once you get your lift installed.
Downsouth XJ
03-13-2011, 04:45 PM
my jeep is on almost ten inchs with with long arms and all i needed was drop pitman arm and upgraded to the Hd currie steering so yeah your fine but get the 4inch drop pitman but i ran the stock for a bit and worked just fine so at what your trying to do is just fine with the drop arm

jeep for sale at cl finds hate to see her go but life goes on
WhiteKnight2
03-13-2011, 08:03 PM
:thumbsup:Hey thanks everyone for the info i ordered a drop pitman arm so that pretty much settles this. Thanks again..
bluedragon436
03-13-2011, 08:33 PM
Yep... as of right now I am sitting at 7" of lift w/ stock arm and has been working fine... but am ordering a drop pitman here shortly so I won't wear out anything that doesn't need to be..
teamwestoutdoors
03-14-2011, 02:11 AM
Running a six inch lift with a lowered pitman arm as well. No problem as a DD. My wife drives Dudley to work when it snows. I think she's just looking for a good reason to drive the XJ.