broken tie bar

[mattmac]

I was leaving the carpark at the backbeach this arvo and heard a nasty clunk and found i'd snapped the tie-bar(see attached pic) not surprising as one of the bolts holding the tie-bar/crossrod mounting bracket was missing so all the stress was on the tie bar. The drive home was interesting-if i went over 20km/h the whole front end would shake violently

[Dervish]

Later models have a much stronger, non-slotted bracket. When I put my Defender body onto the Perentie chassis I made sure to use the Defender bracket.

[jimr1]

Hi Mattmac , I think that the disco 1 the is the same , there is a disco Wrecker around the Bay , at Seaford , his prices are good as well , sorry I don't know his number . maybe another member does !!.. Jim..

[mattmac]

Have sourced a S/H tie-bar- is there any special procedure for refitting? Do i need to jack up the front end first?

[Bearman]

Have sourced a S/H tie-bar- is there any special procedure for refitting? Do i need to jack up the front end first?

As long as the diff is in the general central position you shouldn't have to jack it up Matt.

[mattmac]

just fitted new tie-bar but wondering why there isn't a bush fitted-seems like there should be one?

[Bearman]

No bush fitted Matt. It just slops around in that big hole.:D
Plenty of room for adjustment.