Loose steering component
#1
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Loose steering component
Tie rod broke, new one is too short, no biggie I'll buy the correct one. BUT, there is another part that is now loose and floppy, and i do not know what its called. Its the piece that connects the steering gearbox to the steering arm, its just a really skinny rod with a joint on either end. I would love high steer set-up, but thats not in the finances right now. I just need to get her back on the road. I will take a pic in a few of the piece that im talking about. But for now, some pics of the main damage.
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Tht would be the drag link, connects the pitman arm on the steering box to the steering arm on the axle. There are rebuild kits for the rod ends or just try cranking the end caps in tighter or have head of folks slipping a penny into each end behind the pre-load springs to tighten them up a little bit.
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Should be the same tie rod on any solid axle pickup ('79-'85) or 4Runner ('84-'85).
Or pick up a Marlink from Marlin Crawler:
- http://www.marlincrawler.com/steering/marlink/marlink
I used to run one on my '85:
Or pick up a Marlink from Marlin Crawler:
- http://www.marlincrawler.com/steering/marlink/marlink
I used to run one on my '85:
#5
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The one on it, i think, is off of an 83. Its adjusted out almost to the max, but the wheel are still majorly toed in. Let me run out and get a pic, hang on a sec.
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Anyone have an idea on which toyota's the tir rod would be interchangeable? i have checked LC's, 83 and older pickups, no one around here has an 84-85 pickup, not the salvage yards, not a private owner thats willing to part out.
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Heavy duty replacement tie rod for all 1979-85 Pickup and 4Runner live axles with stock steering arms. Made from USA-made 1.25" DOM .250" wall tubing. The left-hand thread is indexed for convinence. Each Marlink includes (2) FJ80 tie rod ends and jam nuts.
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how could it work though? i measured the rod itself. The 79-83 comes to 34 1/2 inches, the one that was on my truck is 39 1/4 inches. almost 5 inches different.
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