Oops, I bent it!

[discowhite]

never thought ide bend one of these:eek: but it explains why the 90 been pullin to the left.
i really thought it would have snapped one of the tie rods off at the thread?
http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/14260/2389670510100509853S500x500Q85.jpg
its one of the HD maxi drive ones:o
cheers phil

[shorty943]

Good testament for Maxi-drive.

Give it hell, you might bend it, but you won't break it.:)

[Loaded]

Looks like only just bent, should be able to fit it.

[discowhite]

its about 10mm of the center line.
just wound out the tie rod to compensate for the bend:cool:
i'll take it off at work and straighten it ..........



one day......

cheers phil

[460cixy]

haha you wanna see bent ile post mine when i replace it

[George130]

It's only a minor bend. I still have my stock bent one in the shed. Plan to straiten it one day as a spare.

[460cixy]

my wheels are nearly pointing at each other. lucky it has one of these protector things or it would be un driveable a bloke here recons he can straighten it out once he has done that i will put it inside some heavy wall tube and tack it on

[HangOver]

my wheels are nearly pointing at each other. lucky it has one of these protector things or it would be un driveable a bloke here recons he can straighten it out once he has done that i will put it inside some heavy wall tube and tack it on

I seen that mentioned somewhere else but I thought I'd rather bend a rod than transfer the shock with a stronger rod to the balljoint or PS box.

Or of course I could just be wrong?

[rangieman]

Easy to straighten find a tree or a power pole simple as !
Even with a stock one:D

[460cixy]

I seen that mentioned somewhere else but I thought I'd rather bend a rod than transfer the shock with a stronger rod to the balljoint or PS box.

Or of course I could just be wrong?


i dunno one way to find out i guess you could be right the stock tie rod ends are prety small

[D3Jon]

I thought these things were never meant to be straightened once bent, safety first and all that good stuff :o

Tubes over the rods, they call those "Dan bars" don't they?

[460cixy]

i dunno if its legal or not but the local peders said they can straighten it

[rovercare]

Once they're bent, they'll bend again much easier, they need re-enforcing;) I've bent mine and I've got hunks of angle welded to them:(

[Bigbjorn]

Easy to make one. Get a length of 4140 or 4340 thick wall tube, drill and tap each end 11/16" x 16tpi using an intermediate tap. I can supply taps ex stock if necessary.

[EchiDna]

Once they're bent, they'll bend again much easier, they need re-enforcing;) I've bent mine and I've got hunks of angle welded to them:(

got an image of a star picked welded on in my head :)

no idea why!

[dobbo]

some wise people have told me that welding suspension parts is a no no.

[rovercare]

got an image of a star picked welded on in my head :)

no idea why!

Cause I'm a hillbilly??:p

[rovercare]

some wise people have told me that welding suspension parts is a no no.

Well the amount of rover's running around, with steering arms I've welded angle onto, is probably more than most people have owned:D without fail, I've only bent my own, so far:o, but I'm a silly boy:)

But no, its not legal;) but neither are the rovers I work, over engineered maybe, but not legal:angel:

Edit: actually, Not sure, but Ssmezch may still be using one of mine??

[rangieman]

Well the amount of rover's running around, with steering arms I've welded angle onto, is probably more than most people have owned:D without fail, I've only bent my own, so far:o, but I'm a silly boy:)

But no, its not legal;) but neither are the rovers I work, over engineered maybe, but not legal:angel:

Edit: actually, Not sure, but Ssmezch may still be using one of mine??

Yes steve is still running a rovercare engineered steering rod :D
And he,s very gratefull as well :cool:

[Bigbjorn]

some wise people have told me that welding suspension parts is a no no.

Qld. Transport state that "The welding, chrome plating, heating, or bending of axles, suspension or steering components, as a method of repair or alteration, is not permitted."