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11-27-2006, 10:08 PM
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drove it home.....
sorry abt the cell phone pic....
drove this home 125 miles.....snapped tie rod. i swear i can break one of those over my knee.
luckily i made it home....
when i got home it was still tighter than hell. it would probably hold up to offroading better than stock..
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11-27-2006, 10:19 PM
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Re: drove it home.....
nice rig job! haha, does anyone make beefier tie rods yet?
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11-27-2006, 11:27 PM
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Re: drove it home.....
Good Fix Evomind2...It beats walking
What did you use? a bolt and some clamps
How did you break it?
I hope you kept your speed down on the way home
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11-27-2006, 11:37 PM
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Re: drove it home.....
i was trying to climb up a rock "hill" and it just bent to shiat.....
i didnt do anything that i would have thought it would bend like that. tried to straighten it cause it was bent so far the vehicle was useless. when i tried to straighten it it snapped, as expected.
the fix was abt 5 steel bolts that reached from one broken end to the other and then "u" clamped. some guys helped and i got abt 30 miles b4 it gave way. luckily by a gas station that had u clamps. grabbed a couple more clamps and tightened everything as tight as i could.
i think my fix is stronger than the stock tie rod...sad.
after 125 miles home at 40-45 mph, it was still tight....
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11-27-2006, 11:44 PM
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Re: drove it home.....
Nice trail fix.
A couple of 5 inch bolts and 2 to 4 clamps .
One time we drove a 66 chevy ss 300 miles with a bolt and a gear(greased up) in place of the broken ball joint. 
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11-28-2006, 02:35 AM
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Re: drove it home.....
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when i got home it was still tighter than hell. it would probably hold up to offroading better than stock..
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Fawk! Nice job MacGyver!
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11-28-2006, 03:53 AM
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Fawk! Nice job MacGyver!
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11-28-2006, 04:29 AM
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Re: drove it home.....
that sucks, but glad you made it home safe.
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11-28-2006, 09:07 AM
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Re: drove it home.....
They used to call that a "Rube Goldberg". I'm looking at that pic and LMAO. It looks like a Jethro special. I really like the nylon strap...nice touch. Very resourceful though! I don't think I could have ever engineered anything like that and I'd probably still be out there waiting for help. The funniest part is that you're probably right about your fix being the strongest part of the whole thing. You should bring it in to your dealer for routine service and not even mention it. I'd love to see the look on their faces when you say, "You found what on my tie rod? What's a tie rod?". 
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11-28-2006, 04:18 PM
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They used to call that a "Rube Goldberg". I'm looking at that pic and LMAO. It looks like a Jethro special. I really like the nylon strap...nice touch. Very resourceful though! I don't think I could have ever engineered anything like that and I'd probably still be out there waiting for help. The funniest part is that you're probably right about your fix being the strongest part of the whole thing. You should bring it in to your dealer for routine service and not even mention it. I'd love to see the look on their faces when you say, "You found what on my tie rod? What's a tie rod?". |
haha...my buddy looked at it and asked what the nylon strap was for.....
i said, "thats just for affect..."
actually it was to keep the clamp from sliding. i dont think it did anything, but i was desperate.. |
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