I hit a decent sized boulder on my 1982 Toyota Pickup and bent the Tie rod Bar. I can't for the life of me find a direct replacement.... THe picture is not of my truck, but It looks alot like the bar i'm looking for. It may be aftermarket, but I am not sure.... Does anyone know of a direct OEM replacement, or a aftermarket replacement? I don't want to upgrade to Hi-Steer, or upgrade to FJ tie rods. I already ordered OEM ones, I just don't want to put them on a bent bar lol...

Thanks in advance (I hope)!

 

Anyone?

 

I guess i'm gonna have to buy one off ebay, but it is for an 84' and is 1 and 3/4 inches too long. Hope this works....

 

If the replacement is too long then it's not the right one. Your prolly gonna need to hit up a salvage yard.

 

Try Eric561 tell him I sent you.

 

Thank you for the reply. I have found the part. It is TRW DS1153S. I found it on rockauto for roughly $80. Also ordered a drag link repair kit. I'm hoping this fixes my DW.

 

Sounds good. Keep us posted.

 

Unless you bent yours really bad and pulled the tie rods right out of the bar it could have been straightened out .

Then the amount that was not quite straight can be adjusted with the tie rods .

I have done this quite a few times over the years .

 

Yeah I had a feeling I could have straightened it out, but thought it might lose some integrity. The tie rods were bad anyway and needed replacing. I wouldn't be surprised if some shop around here would've wanted $80 to straighten it out anyway lol... I will keep the old part and might straighten it in the future. Thanks for the info!