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Now that you’ve sprouted a few hairs, sounds like it’s time to mount those 16’s......This job will make a man out of you...
Hes gotta come get em first. I am not driving across 3 states of crap roads to bring em to him. I would need a new set by the time i made the round trip drive.Now that you’ve sprouted a few hairs, sounds like it’s time to mount those 16’s...
Honestly I would have drilled grease zerks into those cover pieces so you can pump em full of grease to keep the salt and road junk from getting up behind em and eating everything. If you haven't done it this year go park it in the driveway and put the sprinkler under it and let it wash it off.Relax you two, I just finished the rod link ends like 6hrs ago...
If the truck is driven and operated on a fairly regular schedule the tie rod ends don't tend to have any issues. Even the rubber ones. Just most of these trucks sat for years and years even after rebuilds and the rubber deteriorates and breaks easy from the lack of movement. I have 2 torque rods still on my truck with the original inserts that came on it from rebuild and they are still fine.You can drop his tires off here net time your up.
Retainer washers look nice. Guess you could always just weld nuts to the back (time and talent wise) like shown previously? Or with the hole in the middle of the retainer washer, tack weld it and assume you are not replacing them again in your lifetime??
Drop em here if you get up this way. I’ll think up something good for a storage fee. We can mount them up when he comes down to Haspin one of these years.Hes gotta come get em first. I am not driving across 3 states of crap roads to bring em to him. I would need a new set by the time i made the round trip drive.
Done. 12 new ends, with retainer plates bolted to all. Very happy with the way it turned out. I’m not the first that has done it, but I am another that did it. Who’s next?
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I thought the same, but once installed, the plate is equa-distant from the torque rod side, as the other side of the torque rod side is to the axle/frame bracket. So, that completely alleviated most all of my concern, because that would mean they are hitting there also, but they don't. I could cut them down into rectangles, but, probably not necessary at all. Very happy with the result. Easy to drill/tap with lathe and mill. Washers I custom ordered off a steel plate cutter on eBay.Here is the problem. When we articulate and go to extreme, the housing (of the bone) twists sideways. The rubber is supposed to take that compression (one one side of the shaft) and tension (on the other side) and return to it's straight position. As the rubber gets old, it doesn't take much to tear it and let in water, etc. Articulation being a twist action has a lot of side force.
There would seem to be a problem with having a full side-plate when you have the rear in a twist. Guessing, that twist from axle to frame might be 35 degree and the edge of the bone's joint would push out on the plate and break off or pull out the bolt. Twisting the bone is a lot of leverage to push against the plate.