Steering Stops and Tires

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Author Message   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Monday, September 23, 2002 - 06:18 pm:    Alright, so a month after I've had my HD ome lift on, i still don't have tires. Today I went to get some and they had 265/75 bridgestone dueler MT's. Oh god they were sexy on my truck but the guy turned the wheel and of course they hit the radius arms. Can I adjust the steering stop without buying a new bolt to prevent this? Also, is the steering stop towards the front of the car or the back in relation to the wheel? Needless to say i still have my stock tires on. AND how tall is a 255/70 tire? and how much do i need to bring the steering stop out if i had 235/85's?   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Monday, September 23, 2002 - 09:53 pm:    Also, what're the end caps on the front bumper?   Jess Brandt (Disco285) Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 12:08 am:    the end caps are the plastic deals on the corners...that attaches to the air dam on the front... go to: http://www.expeditionexchange.com/tiresizenew.htm for tire sizes later   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 09:44 am:    Ted: The steering stops are pretty obvious once you get under the truck, they are big bolts coming out of the bottom of the swivel housing. Adjust them a few turns at a time until you no longer rub on the radius arms. You should not need new bolts with 235/85s. You didn't take the sexy tires off just because they hit the radius arms did you? You certainly could have driven home to get a wrench to adjust the stops without doing much, if any damage to anything down there. Paul   Jack Quinlan Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 01:50 pm:    what about fender trimming in the rear?   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:16 pm:    ok ok so TODAY I got up thinking I'd go to Napa, get new bolts for steering stops then head down and get those 265/75's after all. the left side steering stop was off and new one on in a matter of minutes, the right side however took about 1hr to get off because i had to actually find some real tools because it was stuck on good. So i get it on and im driving and sure enough my left bolt bent like hell. so i put the stock one back on. im saying i cant adjust my bolt much from what it was without the nut and washer falling off the back. help! i need those tires TOMORROW. sorry for length!   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:23 pm:    forgot to say i think, this is a disco 1   Jess Brandt (Disco285) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 12:05 am:    fender trimming....seriously...this one has been touched 4700 times...look in the archives and go to the tech section...later   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 07:46 am:    i know about fender trimming, im asking about my steering stops. when i replaced them with a longer bolt, the bolt bent the first day, and if i adjust them it doesnt take long for the nut and washer to fall off the back. Im looking for suggestions about this.   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 08:20 am:    Ted: The bolt you bought at NAPA might not have been very hard, or you might have been pushing harder on the steering wheel than you thought. You might try putting a sleeve around the bolt, or a bunch of nuts to try to keep it from collapsing. As for the original bolt backing out and not staying tight, this is curious as I have yet to see a steering bump stop bolt not stay put-in fact, I have seen a few without the nuts and they seemed to work fine. Maybe clean up the threads real well and use some red loctite? You should be able to jack up your truck and turn the wheels to get an idea of where to set the bump stops. I will readily admit it can be difficult to get in there to tighten those things up. Good luck, it will be well worth it once you get those sexy tires mounted and even more so when you get it out on the trail and the new tires outperform the old ones. Peace, Paul   muskyman Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:22 am:    "forgot to say i think, this is a disco 1" ? think this is for real?   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:52 am:    muskyman, i meant i think i forgot to say this is a disco 1, heh im dumb but not that dumb   tedchestnut Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:16 pm:    thanks guys, im keeping the stock bolts on there with 2 nuts on each one to prevent bending and popped em out a little more for some 235/85's that im getting tomorrow finally after a few weeks. thanks!   my96disco (Trevorh) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 06:21 pm:    Ted, Are you going to ues the trimming method or pushing out the rear wheel well out with the bracket modifiction? I will be in your position in a couple of weeks. Still haven't decided which way to jump. TrevorH   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 07:07 pm:    Trevor, I'm going to trim, I've got a steady hand with a sawzall from working for a carpenter. Easiest way about it I can see. Touch it up with some touch up paint and it won't be noticable hopefully.   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:27 am:    Ted: A sawzall will likely carve up your fenders pretty well. I think most of us used a dremel tool with a fiber disc cut-off tool. Peace, Paul   Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:55 am:    Why cut when you can just do this? Easy and quick, painless to go back to normal.. no rubbing on 235/85/16's http://www.discoweb.org/rearfender/index.htm   my96disco (Trevorh) Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 01:04 pm:    Robert, I think I will go that way for a start and see what happens. Trevor   Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut) Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 10:42 pm:    hmm I think i might take advantage of that. Got my tires today after only a month with my lift on and little stock tires! 235/85 Bridgestone Dueler Mt's!