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Help! Track Rod on 90 bending
extreme90:
ditto dave
tjolliffe:
Well thanks for all the help guys.
For the moment i've just welded a length of box section steel over a new track rod tube and given it some new ends so we'll see how that does, with any luck it will sort the problem, if not i'll try the HD rods and see how i get on.
Starting to think it might be a good idea to invest in some proper laser tracking gear aswell....
Tom
mmgemini:
Heat must not be applied to steering components for any reason whatsoever.
That was a notice in the welding shop where I served my time.
Petergg:
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--- Quote ---Welding of steering/suspension parts is also a MOT fail
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only if its a repair not giving the same strength, or a modification which could weaken the original part.
A strengthening rib along a shaft could not be deemed to be either of the above.
Just out of interest tho, why is a strengthened steering idler arm/trackrod not permissible in trials? any ideas?
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Words from the testers manual or very close to them, as it was a while ago when I was a tester.
Reason to fail. A structural repair by welding or signs of heat applied to steering or suspension components.
It's like every thing it's OK until you have an accident (might not be your fault) then the crap hits the fan.
Peter
freeagent:
when i bent the trackrod on my old defender, i went to our local steel stock holders, and bought a 6m length of 6mm-wall thickness stainless tube, there is a stock size that slides over your trackrod nicely.
it cost around £50, but you get enough to do the track rod and drag link on two defenders, and make a nice extension tube for your braker bar.
if you bought a quantity, i'm sure people on here would buy what you had left.
...oh, and it looks good aswell, as it stays nice and shiney...
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