The second broken tie rod this fall. IFS sucks.

 

Eh... 15 bucks at Kragen... and a lifetime alignment at Firestone...

 

more like 50 bucks...

 

Ahh... I bought just a tie rod end.

 

15 or 50 -IFS is still lame...I hate things with lots of parts that break.

 

wat were you doing?...just curious so i dont do it...haha

 

well, I would like to be able to say that I was hucking 60 foot gap jumps in my tacoma, but no...nothing like that. IFS is safe on pavement, anything else and its a gamble.

 

Solid axles break too... trust me

 

Yep, parts of solid axles sure do break too, as well as springs, shackles, shock mounts...
What in the world could you be doing to break tie rods?
Running 38s and hitting every obstacle at full throttle?

 

Agree.... the last time I went out, a built 1st gen 4runner broke a LF axle and RF Longfield(older version), attempting to navigate a rock course that I had just completed.

 

no - I was running some power lines at a good clip...thats when I broke the first one; the second I have no idea...just light wheeling, sometimes fast on fire roads etc...but nothing really bad....I actually broke the dust boot first somehow and then dirt and water started getting in there and when I got around to replacing it the tie rod was busted.

 

Went out to acquire a new product last night. Found one I had not used before. It is a custom, high angle tie rod and connecting sleeve for old junk IFS.

Take a close look at the angles attained here. Quite the fix for long travel front suspensions.



Some of you may be familar with this pose. The last couple times, nothing was broke. This time that was not the case.



In case you want another look.



IFS, blah, blah.

 

That doesn't look healthy

 

Funny! Toyota makes them seem so strong!!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/34669/meteor/

 

Could you explain how this happened? What is because of the big tires? My Fabtech kit for my 2wd came with chromoly tubes and used Ford 3/4 ton tie rod ends. All I had to do is ream out the steering knuckle and centerlink to accept the new taper of the tie rod ends. I will take a picture if needed. Technically they should work on my 4wd. They may be a bit too long since that kit has extended upper and lower arms.

James

 

He had 2 spotters, one told him to go left and the other said go right

 

toyota makes a good IFS, i take it none of you have ever going 4 wheeling with somebody driving an S10 or old datsun 4x4?

 

AMen! Started many a trip with em, but never seemed to finish. Always ended up towing em out. Hell, I've seen Subaru wagons in places the S10s were already broken in.

 

and that's saying something! the subaru guys are ALWAYS fixing their broken rigs on the trail

 

ah, darn it! none of the guys from the jeep club i wheel with belong here, i cant even get a dig in at them!

lee