[1955cj5]

My tie rod/drag link also showed signs of rubbing. All the wear marks were rusty just like the rest of the tie rod so what ever caused it was in the forgotten past. We have owned the ccpu since 1962.

I did replace the front spring with new, but little improvement in the clearance. This ccpu had a 12 leaf front spring and I replaced it with a 10 leaf, so I suppose it was a push.

What helped with the tie rod/drag link clearance was installing a shortened pitman arm.

I like the steering feel and effort needed, it's much better than it was before with the original pitman arm.

I have all new steering arms and the original type steel cups, and king pin bushings and bearings are new.

The picture shows the old tie rod. I punched a hole in it just to see how close it was to failure....

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