Steering tracking and rods, Fender Upgrade?

**YRVGreen** · 20th March 2006, 05:24 PM

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.html

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

so any advice would be greatly appericated

**DaveS3** · 20th March 2006, 05:46 PM

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

) and it seems good so far. Fair bit beefier aswell.

**one_iota** · 20th March 2006, 05:53 PM

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** · 20th March 2006, 07:49 PM

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

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**Rosco** · 20th March 2006, 09:06 PM

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

Cheers

skip · 21st March 2006, 10:09 AM

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** · 21st March 2006, 10:59 AM

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** · 21st March 2006, 03:02 PM

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** · 21st March 2006, 05:24 PM

Does Maxi make a Draglink?

Is that solid bar aswell? 8)

**discowhite** · 21st March 2006, 05:42 PM

<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

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