Yup, I've done it. I ground down the top of the knuckle flat, drilled and tapped five bolt holes, and welded it on. Hang on, I'll go snap some pics, and give you a little more info. BTW it has worked great for 2 (3?) something years of UROC competition and a bunch of abusive wheeling. I actually sheared off a one ton Chevy tie rod end at the pitman arm, and did not damage the steering arm.COMP4x4 said:
) from one inch thick steel. Five drilled and tapped holes, and then it's welded everywhere it touches the knuckle, and reinforced with a "web" of 1/4 inch steel. I went to the welding shop and asked those guys if it's possible, and how to do it. They consulted some book, and sold me some special ($$$) rod. They said DO NOT PRE HEAT IT. Heat is your enemy here. Weld a little bit at a time, and let it cool. It will work if you don't let it get too hot. Here are a couple pictures of the arm, and a picture of the welding rod package, so you know what to get. Weld in a well vetilated area, this stuff gives off some nasty fumes! I would do this again, if I'm ever in the same position, this time I would make it look a little better though, my fabrication skills have improved a bit since then.
Sorry if i confused you. I did the welding myself (can't ya tell?), I just went to the store to find out how to do it. I totally stripped down the knuckle to do it. It would suck to try to build one on the axle. Yep, for full hydraulic you could just build one of those for each side, run the tie rod between them, and mount your ram somewhere on top of the axle. Another way to do it would be to build the same high steer arms, and use a double ended ram with a steering arm on each end, to the high steer arms. Either way will work, and either way will use the same arms, but the double ended ram will prolly work a little better.COMP4x4 said:
