Defender Track Rod

[DeanoH]

I'm guessing that my track rod isn't supposed to look like this. 1995 Defender 130.



The red rod is there as a straight edge.

What I want to know , is it supposed to be perfectly straight or does it have a crank in it ? ,( apart from the bends.)


Deano

[dobbo]

It depends how drunk your Defer was

[langy]

Hey, it's better than mine was:



(And to answer your question - it's more a question of length than being exactly straight. Although the tie rod ends will work better if it's reasonably straight rather than cranked)

[87County]

Looks like it's had a hard life - straightened no doubt by some bush mechanicing.


do yourself a favour and get a new one (new rod that is, not a new defender)

[jakeslouw]

Whack that puppy straight, mark and remove the TREs and put a piece of water pipe over it then put the TRE's back.

Or else go buy a piece of DOM thick wall pipe, thread the ends, and put some heavy duty TREs in. Sorted.

[wally]

You could do all that, but then a new one's only about $35 or thereabouts.

[Blknight.aus]

Whack that puppy straight, mark and remove the TREs and put a piece of water pipe over it then put the TRE's back.

Or else go buy a piece of DOM thick wall pipe, thread the ends, and put some heavy duty TREs in. Sorted.

Just no doing that to the drag link.

[goingbush]

You could always buy a pre-bent one


but makes toe in adjustment a little fiddly



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[uninformed]

Whack that puppy straight, mark and remove the TREs and put a piece of water pipe over it then put the TRE's back.

Or else go buy a piece of DOM thick wall pipe, thread the ends, and put some heavy duty TREs in. Sorted.

By the time you buy the 2 taps and have the ability to actually tap it, you could just buy a heavy duty maxidrive track rod from M R Automotive.

[DeanoH]

Whack that puppy straight, mark and remove the TREs and put a piece of water pipe over it then put the TRE's back................................

I kind of liked this solution, the question is how straight can I get it before sleeving ?

goingbush's set up looks ideal though. Is this the Maxidrive version ?

I thought this blokes solution was Ok too.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjFM9_wFOCg"]Land Rover - Track rod fix - Skibby nov. 2007 - YouTube[/ame]

Deano