Double shear steering

Metchosin joe · Sep 25, 2014

In the middle of building my full hydro set up and I was planning on making it double shear at the steering arms but my buddies say I'm going overkill....
My setup is a tg double ended ram and nwf full hydro arms on keyed SOLID knuckles.
Is double shear worth the work or will the 3/4" bolt be sufficient?

matth_85 · Sep 25, 2014

If you've ever broken a knuckle way back in the trail you wouldn't think it was overkill.

tonybolton · Sep 25, 2014

Steering are brakes are two things that are hard to overkill on in my opinion.

I've snapped a few hi steer studs on my knuckles and will just be replacing with your setup....the solid keyed knuckles and their 6 bolt arms. I'm just running a single ended ram, but want to fix it and forget it.

mikeyg79 · Sep 25, 2014

even if it's "overkill" I think it helps keep the bolt from loosening which leads to breaking

BrokeCJ · Sep 26, 2014

Your buddies are stupid :****:

infamous1 · Sep 26, 2014

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Yup get new buddies!!

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gubni · Sep 26, 2014

From your list you have several things that are overkill, but double sheer steering is important.

Metchosin joe · Sep 26, 2014

I figure the bouncers would know best when it comes to tough.
I double sheared the arms

Easy

infamous1 · Sep 27, 2014

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Looking good!!

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drivermod · Sep 27, 2014

Looks great now tie it into the factory tierod location as well. I've seen ALOT of those Solid highsteer arms bend.

Metchosin joe · Sep 28, 2014

These arms are NWF. I might still tie it into the lower hole but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out

bjo44 · Sep 28, 2014

gubni · Sep 28, 2014

I don't feel there is any significant advantage of doing it that way. To me double sheer ties it to the factory steering location so all the twist is not on the top of the knuckle.

tonybolton · Sep 28, 2014

Re: Re: Re: Double shear steering

gubni said:
I don't feel there is any significant advantage of doing it that way. To me double sheer ties it to the factory steering location so all the twist is not on the top of the knuckle.

Bingo