Jeep 4.0 in 69 Barracuda

txstang84 said
Pretty interested to know how that AJE rack conversion K member goes...there were some less than happy customers I found elsewhere on the web...according to one guy in particular, the control arms would bind on extension, ackermann angles were off, bump steer sucked, and the rack needed relocation.

Your not the first person to express the same concerns about the steering geometry. When I addressed this to the owner of AJE, they explained how they have addressed that. If I understand correctly, the original kits made use of the factory steering arm which had to be reversed (where the left and right arm are swapped) so that the arm was facing forward as the steering rack is in front of the engine and front spindles. For those who don't know, the steering arm is a part which bolts to the lower portion of the spindle and attaches to the lower ball joint. Its also the part where the tie rod ends secure too to turn the spindle left and right (most probably already know this). In my kit that I purchased, they have built a new lower steering arm specifically designed to face forward and address the short comings of using the stock ones swapped. An image of that part was not above. I will provide more complete images when I goto assemble the setup.

txstang84 said
Unless I'm looking at the kit incorrectly, it looks like the rack is located on the aft side of the K member so you can keep the factory style spindles...or am I looking at this thing bassackwards?

The kit does work the factory spindles. They have control arm options for the small bolt pattern spindles such as my stock 69 A-Body and options for the 73+ large bolt pattern A-body which is what I bought. If I understand correctly, AJE highly recommends purchasing the spindles they sell which are ford spindles and make use of a common brake setup used on large GMC trucks. Those spindles are only $500 a pair.

As you look at the picture of the K-Member on page 7, the picture is orientated as you looking down at it from the front of the car. The two pairs of bushings on the bottom are the front of the K-Member and where the steering rack is secured across the front of the K-Member.

After this front end work has been done, assuming I am happy with the end result, I have been in communication with AJE to assist me in the building of a 4 Link rear end setup. I will be doing the design work and ask them to do the building to my spec's. But this will be much furhter down the road, as in the very last thing I do.