REDLYNER
Mall Crawling Race Rig
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2008
- Location
- Mountain Island
This last ECORS race was brutal on my steering, I was literally moving rocks with my Currie tie rod. By the end of the race, my tie rod looked like a swizzle stick. I happened to wonder over by Andy's vendor booth and got to talking with him. After about 45 minutes of me bombarding him questions about all of the parts he brought to show, I was more than convinced to have him build me a custom tie-rod.
I gave him a few measurements of my steering on a Tuesday and he had built and shipped my new TR by Friday.
This is what I received:
The quality looks like it could go on the space shuttle! The dimensions were perfect and took me all of 3 minutes to install it on the jeep. Here is a comparison shot of a stock TJ tie rod, a currie cromo rod, and the new Ironman4x4 7075 rod:
The race rig is tracking perfectly now. I can't thank Andy enough, anyone needing something like this, I would highly encourage you to reach out to him: www.ironman4x4fab.com
I wish all of my Flats damage was this easy to fix.
I gave him a few measurements of my steering on a Tuesday and he had built and shipped my new TR by Friday.
This is what I received:
The quality looks like it could go on the space shuttle! The dimensions were perfect and took me all of 3 minutes to install it on the jeep. Here is a comparison shot of a stock TJ tie rod, a currie cromo rod, and the new Ironman4x4 7075 rod:
The race rig is tracking perfectly now. I can't thank Andy enough, anyone needing something like this, I would highly encourage you to reach out to him: www.ironman4x4fab.com
I wish all of my Flats damage was this easy to fix.
ops: LOL, The truth is after I sent out the tie rod I was curious how much stronger the 7075 x1.5 was so I ordered cro mo that matched his tie rod and put it to the test against my aluminum material. It went into the 70,000 lb press i use for bending my control arms. The cro mo held fast for a few seconds and then just let go like a 2 year old on the monkey bars. The 7075 didn't move at first but my compressor was low so i let it build to full charge..... I attacked. It bent after full pressure was on it for about 1/2" and then stalled my piston on the air over hydraulic ram...... it also bounced back 50% of that bend...... I am satisfied with the results. Did I take pictures... No.... am I a moron for this.... Yes..... LOL in the end I had a smooshed peice of cro mo and a slightly bent bar that I flipped over and straightened back out.