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Armoring the Tierod

Cheap and ungly on my rig. I welded a piece of 1.5"x1.5" angle iron to the tie rod. Worked great for me. Did I say it was ugly? But it worked!
 
SewerBoss said:
Cheap and ungly on my rig. I welded a piece of 1.5"x1.5" angle iron to the tie rod. Worked great for me. Did I say it was ugly? But it worked!
From what I have read, you will have the same results as someone that sleeves it. Instead of bending now, your TR will shear off at the TRE, or where ever the angle iron stops.

It sounds as though I need to upgrade to some 3/4 ton TREs, with a larger diamter shank, at the same time I do the TR. Sound correct, or missing something?

Fergie
 
Is there a fullsize truck with a TR that could work on an XJ?
 
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