Steer Smarts sector shaft brace Mojave install

[Alanscott_1]

Haven’t seen any Mojaves with one of these installed yet. I unfortunately, may have drawn the short straw on this one, it put up a pretty good fight during the install. The directions do mention that you have to cut the coil bucket tab to clear the bracket, which was easy enough.

Unfortunately once I got it slid in place the right portion of the bracket was making a ton of contact with that reinforcement tab, inside the coil bucket. I ended up having to remove/grind about 1/8” of material off the bracket to get it to fit.

I also ended up having to reuse one of the OEM steering box bolts as one of the provided bolts in the kit had some pretty goobered up threads. I’ll contact Steer Smarts and see about getting a replacement for that.

The rest of the install was easy once the bracket fit. Curious if anyone else has had similar fitment issues, or did I just get a bracket made on a Friday afternoon?

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[yumave]

How does it drive now?

 

[Alanscott_1]

How does it drive now?

I installed it mostly as a preventative measure, so I wasn’t expecting much. With that said the on center steering slop has been tightened up noticeably.

 

[Chance575]

I had to remove the whole tab on my diesel overland to install the synergy version. It wasn’t bad with the coil out of the way.

this appears to be a better option than the synergy if you have that tab on your frame

 

[NoDoorsNoProblem]

Haven’t seen any Mojaves with one of these installed yet. I unfortunately, may have drawn the short straw on this one, it put up a pretty good fight during the install. The directions do mention that you have to cut the coil bucket tab to clear the bracket, which was easy enough.

Unfortunately once I got it slid in place the right portion of the bracket was making a ton of contact with that reinforcement tab, inside the coil bucket. I ended up having to remove/grind about 1/8” of material off the bracket to get it to fit.

I also ended up having to reuse one of the OEM steering box bolts as one of the provided bolts in the kit had some pretty goobered up threads. I’ll contact Steer Smarts and see about getting a replacement for that.

The rest of the install was easy once the bracket fit. Curious if anyone else has had similar fitment issues, or did I just get a bracket made on a Friday afternoon?

Hey I know this is an old thread, but do you have any pictures closer up of where/how much you had to grind off? Wanting to add this to my Mojave.

 

[Chance575]

First pic, right side bolts for the steering box, just to the left is a tab welded to the bracket. That needs all of it cut off if using the synergy kit.

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