Thread: Bent tie rod

$220 from APT....plus freight

An OEM one would be pretty cheap i thought

Much cheaper to straighten it.

Yes, but very difficult to get perfectly straight, and any slight bend makes it a lot weaker. John

Originally Posted by POD

Much cheaper to straighten it.

and weld a length of angle on it. Won't ever bend again and the flat sides make adjustment a breeze. (and yes it might be illegal in some States but so are most modifications in a strict sense).

Run a standard one,they are designed to bend.If you get a stronger ''improved'' one you can bull the tie rod end socket off the ball which will leave you stranded at best,at worse you will crash.LR designed it weak for a reason. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Run a standard one,they are designed to bend.If you get a stronger ''improved'' one you can bull the tie rod end socket off the ball which will leave you stranded at best,at worse you will crash.LR designed it weak for a reason. Pat

I don't reckon it was designed as a weak point......

Originally Posted by weeds

I don't reckon it was designed as a weak point......

It was designed as a weak point because LR engineers new from experience that it'll get snagged sooner or later,best idea is to make it weaker so it'll give way but still give steering.This has been done to death on here,a mate was stuck in the Vic high country with a pulled tie rod end in his RRC,another stuck at Wedderburn,I bent two and got home both times.Having a sacrificial part has been in English engineering for a long time. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

It was designed as a weak point because LR engineers new from experience that it'll get snagged sooner or later,best idea is to make it weaker so it'll give way but still give steering.This has been done to death on here,a mate was stuck in the Vic high country with a pulled tie rod end in his RRC,another stuck at Wedderburn,I bent two and got home both times.Having a sacrificial part has been in English engineering for a long time. Pat

Fair enough.....I have never found a reference re: weak points by design by land rover. Any chance you can list the designed weak points across the range of land rovers, it'd be handy to know.

I run upgraded after bending two OEM.....haven't bent one since, I used to carry my OEM as a spare for many years but ended up leaving it at home

In all the perentie that used to come through the workshop the only bent ones were OEM...the upgraded ones never bent nor seemed to damage anything else.

I've never seen a tie pull its thread, not saying it doesn't happen

I guess the OP will make a choice either way.

Oh, have had to weld some angle and flat bar to many OEM tie rods to get cars home.