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cj5 crossmember steering swap?

Discussion in 'Flat Fender Tech' started by silverbullet72tnt, Jan 8, 2012.

  1. Jan 8, 2012
    silverbullet72tnt

    silverbullet72tnt Member

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    Has anyone used a cj5 (or cj7) front crossmember welded in to utilize that steering set-up? Got pics?
     
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  2. Jan 8, 2012
    DanStew

    DanStew Preowned Merkin salesman Staff Member

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    A friend of mine did theswap that way on my old CJ5. It worked pretty good. Unfortunately I do not have any pics of it on the jeep. I ended up torching it off and doing it with a intermediate saginaw mount, because i wanted to push my steering forward a little bit.
     
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    jayhawkclint

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    I think Sparky's '71 was set up that way.
     
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  4. Jan 8, 2012
    silverbullet72tnt

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    Got any links or pics?
     
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  5. Jan 9, 2012
    '74Renegade

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    Are you referring to the orange one?

    Contact Djbutler here on this site, he has it now.
     
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  6. Jan 9, 2012
    RATTYFLATTY

    RATTYFLATTY I think you need a little more throttle

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    I have not done it in a flatty but I have on my 57 CJ5. I don't have any pic's now I will try to get some up later.
    I used the crossmember and the cast box mount(it had to be shortened to fit in the frame)from a late CJ.
     
    RATTYFLATTY, Jan 9, 2012
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  7. Jan 9, 2012
    silverbullet72tnt

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    Does it matter if the brackets/crossmember is from a manual of P/S set-up? or are they interchangeable?
     
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  8. Jan 11, 2012
    silverbullet72tnt

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    I bolted my chevy ps box to the manual cast bracket. Fits fine, just uses three bolts instead of 4
     
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