Bent my tie rod, what should I do?

[eldog]

Short of buying a new one, which I can get a HD one from skyjacker for $115. I found some HD ones on ebay for under $100.

1. Should I remove it and see if I can hammer it back straight?

2. Re-measure and align and leave it be?

3. Other?

I hung up on a rock and it is bent upward just slightly. I don't notice any difference on the highway, but you can tell it's bent.

[OhioYJ]

Why not just go with another stock one? That way you could just do a single TRE, rather than the whole system.

[Wht 83 CJ7]

Originally posted by OhioYJ:
Why not just go with another stock one? Because the stock ones bend to easy

[Anglo-Saxon]

I have a feeling you can use a ZJ tie rod...

Not sure how the price works out over your side but it is stronger and has the same TRE's...

[JeepHunter]

Mine is also bent slightly.

1. Check alignment and drive on.

2. Check junkyard. Locally they are $35 with good tie rod ends.

[eldog]

Ok, what the heck is TRE? I'm sure it's obvious, but I just don't get it this morning.

A new stock tie rod costs nearly as much as the ones on ebay that are HD. Only problem there, is that I want to make sure it'll fit on the existing ends.

OHHHHH.....I just got it. Tie Rod Ends. duh

I measured last night, it indeed brought the toe in too much. I loostened the ends and couldn't turn that dang rod with two sets of channel locks. It was late so I left it alone. Not sure if it's just siezed up or if the bent part is binding up.

[MudSlut]

If you wheel, do yourself the favor and get a HD tie rod, I got one from Big Daddy Offroad for like $80 and you just reuse your stock TRE (tie rod ends)

[we3jeepers]

Originally posted by MudSlut:
If you wheel, do yourself the favor and get a HD tie rod, I got one from Big Daddy Offroad for like $80 and you just reuse your stock TRE (tie rod ends) im still waiting for mine from 4wd hardware. its backordered
they keep telling me they will get them in a week.........its been almos 2 months
Last night i checked bigdaddys web site and its down so i dont know whats going on

[MudSlut]

Originally posted by we3jeepers:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by MudSlut:
If you wheel, do yourself the favor and get a HD tie rod, I got one from Big Daddy Offroad for like $80 and you just reuse your stock TRE (tie rod ends) im still waiting for mine from 4wd hardware. its backordered
they keep telling me they will get them in a week.........its been almos 2 months
Last night i checked bigdaddys web site and its down so i dont know whats going on </font>[/QUOTE]hmmm, maybe they went out of business? they had some decent items for a reasonable price, maybe they went under???

[luckeeluke]

maybe it was the name "Big Daddy." It sure sounds like a good name. . . but maybe it didn't help :D

$80? That sounds like a good thing to have. The one that goes from knuckle to knuckle? Reuse the stock ends?

hmmmm. . . sounds good.

[we3jeepers]

Originally posted by luckeeluke:
maybe it was the name "Big Daddy." It sure sounds like a good name. . . but maybe it didn't help :D

$80? That sounds like a good thing to have. The one that goes from knuckle to knuckle? Reuse the stock ends?

hmmmm. . . sounds good. I have it now and it is nice......heavy and beafy
I even went to autozone to get new tie rod ends for it.
I think that I will be putting it on this weekend since I bent the snot out of my stock one again this weekend :D