Steering Systems

A steer­ing system contains many components: The column and wheel, steer­ing shaft, gear box, pitman arm, drag link, tie rod, steer­ing arms and knuckles. Many companies offer one or some of these in their product lines. In the past, it's been up to the customer to figure out what works and then find those parts. Quite often, the result is a collection of parts that don't work together, poorly fabricated parts because noth­ing is commercially available, or a vehicle with erratic handl­ing due to bump steer, incorrect steer­ing ratio speed, or uncorrectable alignment problems.

Systems and components are available for:

• Heavy duty components in stock location
• High crossover drag link for spring over or highly lifted vehicles
• High steer for high clearance requirements
• Crossover steer­ing conversion systems
• Ram steer­ing for extremely large tires

We've taken the hard work out of design­ing a complete system. The benefits to you:

• A system designed for your vehicle, its suspension, axles, and tires.
• A system that performs extremely well offroad yet meets DOT needs.
• A system that clears all suspension components and the frame.
• No bind­ing of the tie rod or drag link.
• Matched steer­ing ratios of the steer­ing arms, pitman arm, and gear box.
• Secure mount­ing systems and hardware for gearboxes and arms.

Thompson's Foothill Offroad has a complete line of components that we use in design­ing a system: