PaMountianbiker Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Stupid tie rods keep bending I can't tell if I'm hitting them off things or if it's from torque ? Edited June 28, 2011 by PaMountianbiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaMountianbiker Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) This is when it happened TRE destruction Edited June 28, 2011 by PaMountianbiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Wheel hop often has some play with bending tre's. You could try taking off the ends and sleeving them with some tubing. That may help some but im not sure its a guarentee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonianwalk Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Wheel hop often has some play with bending tre's. You could try taking off the ends and sleeving them with some tubing. That may help some but im not sure its a guarentee That seems like a good idea. The trick would be slipping the sleeves over the bushings though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaMountianbiker Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 I'm afraid if I sleeve them then the weak point will be the threads out near the joint. no way to make it stronger there ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleurys Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) if and when mine will bend, I,m going this road : more work, but most probably a one time and done kinda thing... Also a front locker does help a bit by preventing sudden change of wheel spin when the tire grabs some traction.. Edited June 29, 2011 by fleurys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertFox Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Is your winch/fairlead crooked? Or is it just the picture or me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 if and when mine will bend, I,m going this road : more work, but most probably a one time and done kinda thing... Also a front locker does help a bit by preventing sudden change of wheel spin when the tire grabs some traction.. The top is the stock? I didn't realize R50 tie rods are that much smaller than wd21? But are you guys talking about bending the rod, or the ends. Or maybe I don't even understand which part is which on the R50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaMountianbiker Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Fluery's Where do you get this setup ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom01Pathfinder Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Fluery's Where do you get this setup ??? Yah i want them too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonianwalk Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 How did you get that thing home with the rods bent like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 You should really quit doing that! From the video it looks like you wheel hopped pretty bad, then slid sideways on the landing, hit the sidewall of the tire, and kept spinning. That'll usually break things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaMountianbiker Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 I had spares and fixed it on the trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleurys Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Fluery's Where do you get this setup ??? I don;t have this setup...but this is what I will do when mine goes like yours... I just posted these to let you know that it is possible to make it better than the OEM ones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaMountianbiker Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Fleury's I cannot find anything like that. I might not be looking in the right places . Any info on where you got that pic or where they are from would be appreciated Edited June 30, 2011 by PaMountianbiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift220 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 A cheap and easy solution would be to sleeve the rods. I would slip a 4-5" section of 0.120-0.188 wall tube right in the middle and weld the ends. If you can't find something that is a friction fit, I'd plug weld it every 0.75"-1" along the length. I'll see what sort of price I can get on MOOG inner's and the cost to sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Fleury's I cannot find anything like that. I might not be looking in the right places . Any info on where you got that pic or where they are from would be appreciated You probably want to source the rod ends and then get someone to machine the rod for you... I would guess this is the ideal sort of product for an operation like Fleurys to sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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