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Old 06-24-2010, 08:31 PM
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Stronger/Beefier Inner Tie Rods?

So I've just murdered my third set of genuine Toyota inner tie rods, and it got me wondering if there's a set out there built for lifts, oversize tires, and wheeling the piss out of...anyone know?
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What? Where did it break?
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Is it breaking or bending? You could always sleeve them, I suppose.
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I just replaced my inners, outers for like 30 bucks. Off of Ebay. I don't even care if they don't last long.
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Red face

If you harden them which you can do by heat treating not to be tried at home.

You will then tear up the next weakest part of the system such is life.
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well they aren't breaking, but the bushing in the ball & socket joint gets wasted and the wheel has a good 1/2" of play

I want something to eliminate this...
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cut the ends off and weld on heim joints like i did i almost got stuck one day and messed up my alignment so much that they had to use a come-a-long in order to pull it back into place and had no problems out of the heim joints if u want pics ill post them but that is the best solution
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I agree, 2 days ago I was just talking to my buddy about converting my LBJs and TREs to heim joints - much stronger.
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i think i have heard of people using landcruiser tie rods, from fj80s i think...
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Are you rock crawling or something? I've still yet to change any front end parts on mine and I try to 'wheel at least once a month in it. Granted I'm not crawling over boulders or anything.
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Kerby lets see some pics. I am curious.
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Hey, check out trail-gear.com. I was just looking over there and I ran into some tie rod parts, they looked real tough. You might have to build your own custom setup. Check 'em out, though. And then post pics so everyone can copy off you!
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was this in addition to the front diff as well? that sucks man. I better go check out mine. lol.
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dannomite here they are

drivers side



passenger side
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I will build you somthing along the lines of this that you will not be able to break....



PM if you are interested
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Both of those look mega beef.
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havent had a problem yet haha
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Kerby those look pretty legit, but the end isn't what's blown on mine...it's the ball and socket joint on the inner
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LINY4Runner please spesify with a pic if u can or just circle it on one of the ones i posted
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I don't have a pic at the moment...it's the joint that's under the boot, that threads directly into the rack


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