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9. Rock Jock’s 42mm tie rod is made strong from tubular chromoly and is the perfect match for bigger tires. Like the other bars that Rock Jock offers, this one is designed to resist bending and deflection under load
11. Next, the factory CV axle shaft is reinstalled into the axle, through the Rock Jock knuckle
12. Here you can see just how much strength was designed into the Rock Jock knuckle and the machining that goes into manufacturing it
13. With the axle shaft in place, we reinstalled the factory unit bearing
15. Rock Jock provides this trac bar relocation bracket that also doubles as a new steering stabilizer mount
16. In this entire install, Rock Jock only requires one hole to be drilled, and that is on the underside of the original steering stabilizer mount
17. With the required hole marked, we drilled it per the provided instructions
18. Once the bracket was bolted in place, we turned our attention to installing the Johnny Joint Adjustable Length Front Trac Bar
19. Next, we reinstalled the AEV steering stabilizer to the new bracket, utilizing the new hole that we previously drilled
20. Moving to the next step, the Currectlync drag link was installed. The innovative and unique shape of the drag link allows the drag link and tie rod to “nest” at full compression
21. Rock Jock’s 42mm tie rod was then installed to the new knuckles, followed by the mounting clamp for the steering stabilizer
22. Wanting to preserve our diff protection, off-road icon John Currie went to work milling the AEV cover, creating a relief area for the steering stabilizer end at full driver’s lock
23. After reinstalling the diff cover and checking for clearance, we refilled the axle with gear oil and buttoned up the install, torquing bolts and adding cotter pins
25. Before heading out on our first test drive, the Rock Jock crew grabbed the company forklift, allowing us to fully articulate the Jeep and check for any clearance issues, of which we found none
27. To solve the issue, we decided to swap out our Spicer Performance ball joints and headed to Adventure Offroad in Huntington Beach, California with a set of Dynatrac HD ball joints in hand
28. Here you can see the Dynatrac lower ball joint, after being installed by our friends at Adventure Offroad, and how the grease fitting position will allow us to easily keep the lower ball joints lubed
30. After putting more than 2,000 miles on the Jeep, including over 250 miles offroad, we couldn’t be happier with this modification
4. Before we could get to installing our Rock Jock parts, we pressed the new heavy-duty Spicer ball joints into place
5. Here are the main parts included with our Rock Jock upgrade. From top to bottom is the trac bar, tie rod, drag link, knuckles, and steering brackets
1. With the Jeep up on the lift and the wheels and tires removed, disassembly began. Note the position of the factory tie rod below the centerline of the axle and how the steering stabilizer hands down below the tie rod
3. The greaseable Spicer Performance heavy-duty ball joint is on the left, while the factory non-serviceable ball joint is on the right
2. Here you can see the factory knuckle being removed, giving us access to the ball joints, which we pressed out in preparation for our new joints
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