Who Has Pretzled a YJ Tie Rod? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

BarrelRoll · 10-25-2005, 06:55 PM

Who has pretzled a factory yj tie rod? Are they solid steel from the factory? I'm running cross over steering so my drag link doesn't mount to the tie rod and i don't really need my steering stablizer. It's a not really possible to sleve so i'm thinking maybe angle iron. How often do they actually bend? We have a lot of trees and stumps but very few rocks up here. Anybody destroy an end?

I pretzled my drag link that was mounted way up high so i ended up sleveing it and throwing a spare in the trail box. Now i just need to beef up my tie rod so i have some beefy steering.

87YJ · 10-25-2005, 07:27 PM

I've bent 2 stock tie rods and yes, they are solid. Was able to keep wheeling on both of them but replaced before spending time on the road. Have literally pretzeled a drag link.

AS long as you're not running Hydro assist, I'd just stick with the stocker. Once you bend it up, go to a DOM or solid bar tie rod, especially if you're high steer on the drag link.

D'sYJ · 10-25-2005, 07:55 PM

I have a PILE of bent YJ tie rods. Never took out an end though. I've swaped to a front D44 and went with real hi steer from Sky Manufacturing and aint had a problem since

vogelj · 10-26-2005, 07:23 AM

Bent the tie rod on my TJ and replaced it with Currie Heavy Duty Tie Rod and Drag link haven't had a problem since.

rd97tj · 10-26-2005, 07:52 AM

"Who has pretzled a factory yj tie rod?"

Who hasn't?

currupt4130 · 10-26-2005, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rd97tj

"Who has pretzled a factory yj tie rod?"

Who hasn't?

x2, ive got a corner of my garage dedicated to bent springs and drag links/tie rods

Puma297 · 10-26-2005, 07:57 AM

not a YJ but same idea.

yes they suck.

BarrelRoll · 10-26-2005, 11:02 AM

Ok, time to build a beefy one. time to find some 1 1/8" 1/4" wall tubing and tap it to use stock right hand thread ends.

BildoStyle · 10-26-2005, 05:54 PM

i hade my draglink drilled and taped to 3/4 NF and the threads wore. i caught it before the heim pulled out, but it could have been bad. for drilling and taping tube, remember the threads are not as strong as an insert or a nut.

remember your buddy's cj5 after he ran up that tree? his draglink heim pulled out.
-bildo

mrblaine · 12-03-2005, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BarrelRoll

Ok, time to build a beefy one. time to find some 1 1/8" 1/4" wall tubing and tap it to use stock right hand thread ends.

We pretty consistently take out 1 1/8" stuff in the rocks seemingly with no regard to wall thickness. Bumping up to sleeved 1 1/4" slows it way down. Not sure of the dynamics, but an eighth of an inch doesn't seem like it should make as much difference as it does.

I ran the same 1 1/4" .250 wall tie rod in JV for two seasons with ram assist and it's still good to go. In the same period, we helped swap out several bent smaller tie-rods on both YJ's and TJ's. The only other TR that was as durable was the solid one in the Currie HD steering set-up. We've yet to take one of those out and there's at least 6 sets of it out there on a steady basis.

10-25-2005, 07:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
87YJ Lost Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6426 Location: Midwest Posts: 579	I've bent 2 stock tie rods and yes, they are solid. Was able to keep wheeling on both of them but replaced before spending time on the road. Have literally pretzeled a drag link. AS long as you're not running Hydro assist, I'd just stick with the stocker. Once you bend it up, go to a DOM or solid bar tie rod, especially if you're high steer on the drag link. __________________ Couple of YJ's without leafs.

10-25-2005, 07:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
D'sYJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20224 Location: Springfield, Or Posts: 102	I have a PILE of bent YJ tie rods. Never took out an end though. I've swaped to a front D44 and went with real hi steer from Sky Manufacturing and aint had a problem since __________________ Timbercrawler 89 YJ on 36's, 2.5L, Atlas4.3, D44 FR & RR, ARB and Detriot

10-26-2005, 07:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
vogelj Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 49483 Location: Indiana Posts: 597	Bent the tie rod on my TJ and replaced it with Currie Heavy Duty Tie Rod and Drag link haven't had a problem since. __________________ Tellico Rally Post - 312

10-26-2005, 07:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
Puma297 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Member # 35803 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 166	not a YJ but same idea. yes they suck. __________________ www.mallcrawlin.com

10-26-2005, 05:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
BildoStyle Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54600 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 54	i hade my draglink drilled and taped to 3/4 NF and the threads wore. i caught it before the heim pulled out, but it could have been bad. for drilling and taping tube, remember the threads are not as strong as an insert or a nut. remember your buddy's cj5 after he ran up that tree? his draglink heim pulled out. -bildo __________________ Wheel it to break it to fix it to wheel it. 84 [COLOR="Red"]C[/COLOR][COLOR="White"]J[/COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]7[/COLOR], Runs on alcohol ([COLOR="Red"]Old Mil[/COLOR]). 1984, 7, 100", 38s, 44s, 5.38s, 350, 465, 300, 92:1

10-26-2005, 07:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
rd97tj Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 52406 Location: Kearney, MO Posts: 66	"Who has pretzled a factory yj tie rod?" Who hasn't?

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