Steering tracking and rods, Fender Upgrade?

[YRVGreen]

My rear track is bent pretty bad,
so I am thinking of either upgradeing, or getting the same and slipping a gal pipe over it, what have others done?

Are these any good? any one have them?

http://www.lrautomotive.com.au/134.htmlhttp://www.lrautomotive.com.au/gallery/track%20rods.gif
is there somthing better?,

am going to be fixxing mine b4 the weekend, even if it means driving over the old bar till it is str8 again https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ so any advice would be greatly appericated https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[DaveS3]

Welding steering components is not the best idea. Its an insurance/liability nighmare.

Better off getting the LRA option, have one on my olds county (which I'll be stealing off it soon https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ ) and it seems good so far. Fair bit beefier aswell.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[one_iota]

Go the LRA also supplied by Graeme Cooper in Sydney for the reasons above.

I have a sneaking suspicion you might need to replace the ball joint/swivel pin on one end due to the thread direction? Someone else can confirm or debunk that one.

[disco_ute]

GO the LRA option i have used one for years now and never had problem!!

I welded gal pipe to TuffRR's track rod to give it some strength... um yeah not a good idea worked well until he hit somthing :oops:

[Rosco]

Originally posted by one_iota
Go the LRA also supplied by Graeme Cooper in Sydney for the reasons above.

I have a sneaking suspicion you might need to replace the ball joint/swivel pin on one end due to the thread direction? Someone else can confirm or debunk that one.

The Cooper jobbie slips right in with nary a problem https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Cheers

[skip]

I have had a Maxi Drive track rod in my Defender for a long time. If you can bend it you must be being VERY VERY silly. Available from Graeme Cooper. About twice as thick as standard and a solid rod, not hollow. Everytime I get new tyres fitted they go to do a front end alignment but it never needs adjusting. Best thing to do is take you and your bent rod defender down to a good tyre place and get them to fit the new one ad realign it at the same time. It can be a wee bit difficult to get the old one off.

Skip.

[Ace]

I was on the phone to LVS the other week ordering a new flange for the tail shaft and they are doing the strengthened track rods for $270. Matt

[discowhite]

Go with the LRA one. got one on the 90 and yes you need to buy the left handed rod end. i just bought both, all up with freight to
sydney i think it cost me $220???

just bought the front drag link from LRA also. bloody beefy
both are 32mm od x 16mm id CHS.

warning. track rods are the same between RR disco 1 and defender.
but the drag link is differant.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>About twice as thick as standard and a solid rod, not hollow.[/b][/quote]
not hollow!!! over kill.

cheers phil

[DaveS3]

Does Maxi make a Draglink?

Is that solid bar aswell? 8)

[discowhite]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I have had a Maxi Drive track rod in my Defender for a long time. If you can bend it you must be being VERY VERY silly. Available from Graeme Cooper.[/b][/quote]

looks like it?

phil

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">the ones greame cooper has are hollow......
just made from thicker and bigger pipe......</span>

[rick130]

I suppose Graham Cooper's ones are Maxi Drive ones as well ?
Anyway, I've had Maxi tie rod/drag links since buying my truck. One of my mates was involved in engineering the Perentie when he worked for JRA back in the eighties and warned me about the crappy stock tie rod/drag link, the useless channel under the diff and how to fix them. ine was bent up pretty badly when I bought it, so the Maxi ones + axles/drive flanges were fitted before it was even registered.
FWIW, the Army ones, at least the original JRA supplied ones, were all cut and welded OE ends with heavy wall tube.

Maxi Drive ones are 32mm x 16mm hollow bar and can use County/Defender tie rod ends. If you use it on a Disco or RR, you'll need a LHT tie rod end, pt. # RTC5870.

[Rosco]

Originally posted by rick130
I suppose Graham Cooper's ones are Maxi Drive ones as well ?
One of my mates .... the useless channel under the diff and how to fix them.....

Zackerey same https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Interestingly enough, the useless Al channel fixed to the diff still accepts the HD jobby, albeit with a tad of contact :?

So I choose to leave it in place. Wotsiz name from Maxidrive advised they don't sell many draglinks, as being much shorter, they rarely seem to bend.

I did as someone else suggested and took the new part, along with the beast off to an alignment place and had them fit it at the same time. Cost an axtra $50, if I recall, which I thought not unreasonable.

After bending 2 OEM pieces of crap, I've not had a prob since https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ ... the Cape, Vic high country and numerous other minor forays to bush and beach.

Cheers