Description
CJ High Steer Kit
CJ High Steer kit for dana 30 axles. Over-The-Top steering system replaces the factory Jeep components and places everything ON TOP OF the springs.
Features
- Flipped Drag Link. Relocates the drag link from the bottom to the top of the steering knuckle for excellent trail hazard protection.
- Raised Track Bar. Elevates the track bar to match the new drag link position for proper operational geometry.
- High-Clearance Heavy-Duty Tubing. Utilizes thick DOM steel links to resist bending under heavy off-road loads.
- High-strength Tie Rod Joints. Employs heavy-duty tie rod ends o prevent binding during extreme axle articulation. From 1/2 ton pickup trucks, so replacements are easy to find anywhere in the world if ever needed.
- Helps Eliminate Bump Steer. Restores parallel alignment between the drag link and track bar, preventing the steering wheel from jerking when hitting bumps.
- Improves Roll Center and Stability. Raising the track bar elevation raises the vehicle roll center, enhancing stability during both highway driving and off-road maneuvers.
- Protects Steering Linkage. Moves the tie rod and drag link higher up and away from rocks, logs, and trail obstacles.
- Reduces Steering Box Stress. Corrects angles naturally without adding extra leverage or stress to the sector shaft—unlike a dropped pitman arm.
- Flattened links provides factory level safety and stability. It is not only an investment to beef up your steering, or to increase clearance and capability, but also a substantial upgrade in safety and handling.
Jeep CJ High Steering for lift
No other kit on the planet does this. Some systems move the drag link to a higher spot, but we raise the drag link AND the tie rod for a true knuckle over high steer system. Angles are so dramatically reduced that it essentially ELIMINATES bumpsteer. Moving everything to the top helps protect your entire steering system from trail damage. Again, other kits… only move the drag link up. The Rocky Road OTT Steering kit is designed for use with Dana 30 front axles on Jeeps with 4″ or more lift.
The strength and performance of this system blows all other steering kits out of the water. The arms are carved from solid machine stock steel with horizontal grain. This makes them incredibly strong! Our new steering system incorporates caliper mounting so that the arm is held solidly on two planes and is incredibly strong. Each knuckle hosts a 5 point mounting system for super strength and safety. 1972-75 kits also come with additional bracing and brackets for the old style knuckle system.
All tubing is .25″ DOM and guaranteed never to bend. Kit comes powdercoated black for an excellent look and durable finish.
CJ Steering kit for lifted Jeeps
Perhaps best of all, this is kit 50-state legal. We use tapered ball joints at each mounting point. Other kits use standard rod ends. These are illegal to use in a steering system on public roads AND allow play in the system so the steering feel loose. Our kits uses fitted tie rod ends for a precision feel and handling. We also use LH and RH threads on our tie rod so that alignment can easily be performed. All tie rod ends are standard off-the-shelf parts for easy replacement if they ever wear out. No custom pieces to track down. We can just give you the universal part number for easy replacement.
The OTT steering system is the only kit to offer full legality on public roads. Drop pitman arms are NOT necessary for this kit with stock or lifted springs. Our engineering takes care of all this.
Want to run a steering shock/stabilizer? No problem. As pictured below, our kit accepts the our special length steering shock kit adapted from Old Man Emu… the finest heavy duty steering shock on the planet for this size Jeep.
High Steer Kits for 72+ Jeep CJ
Do NOT drill out your tapered knuckles for cheaply engineered “crossover” steering kits. Drilling those holes to a straight bolt is not only dangerous for you and your passengers, its illegal in all 50 states. You must retain the factory tapered tie rod ends to maintain DOT legality. The Rocky Road kit does this. Our competitor’s kits do not!
| Individual Kit Components: | Rocky Road OTT kit | Competition |
| Drag link over the top of the springs. |  | |
| Tie rod over the top of the springs | |  –Under springs |
| Thick .25 wall tubing | |  -They use .219 wall |
| Tapered tie rod ends, street legal | | -Non-legal rod ends |
| Solid steel billet cut steering knuckles | | -Thin, split design |
| Mounting provision for steering shock | | |
| Powdercoated | | -They charge Xtra |
The above chart is 100% accurate. Yet, you might wonder what the heck those other systems include at their higher price with so many red strikes against them. Well… it has us wondering too.
CJ High Steer Components
- DOM Drag Link
- DOM Tie Rod
- Heavy Duty Tie Rod Ends
- Heavy Duty Steering Knuckles
- Optional Steering Stabilizer Kit
Please Note: We highly recommend measuring your drag link to confirm axle width. Narrow track CJs are approximately 43″ from the center of tie rod end to the center of the opposite tie rod end. Wide track axles are approximately 46″ for the same measurement. It is very common for previous owners to have swapped wide track axles into CJs that were originally narrow track vehicles. Make sure to order the correct width system for your axle to avoid additional ship cost.
