The best Ultimate Steering Brace for your 84-01 Cherokee is back (finally)!!! After a long pause (due to personal reasons), I'm happy to be able to re-release our Ultimate XJ Steering Brace! Not only are they back, but we've made them better than ever. They now include a full 3 stage powder coated finish, and zinc plated nut plates with HD PEM nut's for an overall more durable product.
- The design utilizes a large 1 1/4" grease-able pillow block bearing to brace the steering box from those hard hits and high loads that off-roading entails. The Ultimate Brace also effectively creates a truss between both Uni-Rails further stiffening the chassis. It is the constant pushing and pulling seen between the track bar and steering box that ultimately creates the all too common sheet metal cracks seen around the steering box and/or track bar mount. Combined with a good track bar brace, our steering brace not only effectively eliminates the stresses that leads to these cracks, but will also extend the life of the steering box by placing the sector shaft in double sheer.
The end result is a much more responsive steering feel, less wear and tear on the steering gear as well as improved front end stiffness and strength. Boostwerks Engineering was the first to provide this style of steering brace to the XJ market and our customers have loved it!
- We utilize a specially machined sector nut made from high strength 1144 alloy steel to give the sector shaft the support it needs. It then get's a silver zinc and blue chromate finish to help prevent corrosion.
*** Fitment Notes ***
The Brace does require the use of drop brackets if you plan to keep your factory sway bar. We offer our brackets at a discounted price if you purchase them with the Brace. The brace has also been designed around the factory pitman arm, but most aftermarket drop arms will work. However, you'll need to make sure to check clearance at full steering lock to ensure the arm doesn't contact the brace. If it does, your steering stops will need to be adjusted.
The Brace may not work with some frame stiffeners on the market that wrap under the "Frame Rail's". These may position the Brace too low for the pitman sector nut to fully seat in the bearing. In these instances we recommend modifying the stiffeners to only cover the outside portion of the rails.
For a set of the installation instructions, click below...
