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 tobys mate
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| posted on August 30th, 2006 at 08:25 PM |
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tie rods/ tie rod ends
hey all im up to the point of installing tie rods and new tie rod ends on my buggy just a thought is there a heavy duty part that u can buy cause with
alot of abuse tie rods seem to be the first thing to break and if there is a heavy duty part that people recomend it seems logical to me that i buy
that instead of standard ones
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Anthiron
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| posted on August 30th, 2006 at 10:29 PM |
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ive seen H series holden ends used but mods are needed.
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Baja Wes
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| posted on August 31st, 2006 at 09:02 AM |
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I've never seen a ball joint tie rod end break.
The heavy duty ones take some careful and delicate mods to work, as you need to machine a new bigger taper into the steering arms on the spindles.
I have seen plenty of tie rods bend (bent one myself and dented the bottom of the fuel tank in the process). The easy fix for this problem is to just
put a cut up old sway bar down the middle of the long tie rod.
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| posted on August 31st, 2006 at 09:06 AM |
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the only time I've seen one break is when my brother smashed into the gutter in his Baja. Actually it was the king pin that broke, not the tie rod
end!
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tobys mate
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| posted on August 31st, 2006 at 09:53 PM |
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sorry i didnt mean break i ment bend but thanx for the info i will look into the sway bar idea Bajawes. After working on subarus i have seen alot if
tierods bend ( i know they r different cars) and it got me thinking thanx once again for the info
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