Next up is installing the Bowhouse steering fix.
I also picked up the Enduro hard shock mounts. I figured since the rig has the gray "hard" plastic theme in it that I may as well make the shock towers match.
Here is both the Bowhouse RC steering rack and bell crank parts to fix the slop and bump steer found in the stock IFS setup. The parts are anodized aluminum and the steering rack also comes with 3D printed bump stops.
After installing both sets of steering upgrades, I found out the alum steering rack put the tie rod links too low and caused massive bump steer issues. I even added spacers to the knuckles to lower the links. You can see in these 2 pics how far uneven the links are compared to the top a-arms. As I said, when the suspension was cycled, there was massive bump steer.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the IFS has the Knight Customs 3D printed lowering parts. The Bowhouse steering rack does not work in this setup, but does work extremely well when used with the stock Element IFS setup without the lowering parts.
So to fix the bump steer caused by the Bowhouse steering rack, I decided to go back to the stock steering rack to see if it would help with the bump steer.
By removing the BH steering rack and installing the stock metal rack, the links are more closely in line with the a-arms. I stole a tip from Tekin Builds that he has previously posted in his Bronco build thread and applied it here. Ty's tip is to add a 6mm spacer on the knuckle to lower the links to put them in line with the top a-arms. By adding the spacer, the suspension know cycles better and eliminates most of the extreme bump steer that it had. Thanks for the tip Ty!"thumbsup"
So to be clear, I am not using the Bowhouse steering rack, but I am using the Bowhouse alum bell cranks. The bell cranks do work with the Knight Customs 3D printed lowering parts. The bell crank does take out most of the slop that was found in the stock plastic bell cranks.