I like the alloy steering setup. Plus it comes with bearings. With a little creativity you can eliminate a lot of the steering slop, still beat the heck out of the truck, and not break the alloy steering components which are not really stressed very hard. Just my opinion even though you...
I don't have an xl but I think there might be other parts that are different like center driveshafts. Save the money on shocks, sell the 4.6 motor on ebay while its still new, and get a bigger motor too. I agree that building them is a lot more fun! Let us know what other parts you needed. I...
When you turn one wheel you should be able to get all four wheels to turn some at least with little to no pressure on the other wheel on the same axle. my guess is the one of the differential bevel gears.