bent steering

[peanut.901]

anyone else come home from 4wd on the weekend with some bent steering arms only noticed once wheels was off drove fine haha

[lax2wlg]

1st gen?

[peanut.901]

im not to sure its 1992 2.5 turbo d

[lax2wlg]

This you? Mate how did you manage that?!

Theres a couple of these trucks at pickapart at the moment, pull the draglink for $20 or something ridiculous.

[peanut.901]

i wouldnt have a clue aye man and yeaah i found a guy in ;levin who has one for 20 buk going to get now . how do i upload pictures . whats your name man? guy with terrano?

[zed]

Nothing a bit of angle cant fix...(my pajero...I've also strengthened the steering idler which used to get bent every time too)

[derk]

if you strengthen your tierod with a bit of angle or something other than the wof guys getting a bit funny about shit welded to your streering components just bare in mind your shifting the weak or fail point to somewhere else so it could be a balljoint or other part of the steering linkage that bends or fails next time causing you bigger or more serious problems (seen it happen with a tube sleeved over the tierod and the balljoint ended up shearing off ), sometimes its safer to keep dealing with a bit of a bend in the tie rod and you learn how to do bush repairs and straighten it with a strop or winch pretty easily

[zed]

Good point Derk about the WOF guys...hasnt been a problem for me so far but I know things are getting tighter

For my Pajero bracing the arms has really helped, previously they would always get bent but now I can go on a trip and still drive home with no probs. But hey every truck and every driving style is different. I also have lockers in mine so tend to take a careful approach to stuff instead of full noise . Definitely a good idea to carry critical spares all the time and absolutely agree about learning bush repairs...has saved me on many an occasion!

[lax2wlg]

your shifting the weak or fail point to somewhere else so it could be a balljoint or other part of the steering linkage that bends or fails next time causing you bigger or more serious problems (seen it happen with a tube sleeved over the tierod and the balljoint ended up shearing off ),

Not sure I follow your logic w this one derk... the first thing the Chevy and Ford IFS guys do is sleeve their tierods and brace their pitman/idler arms.

Breaking a suspension balljoint stud is extremely rare and no more likely than breaking a leaf spring. That should only happen through extremely poor maintenance or massive overloading (tyre size). I dont see how sleeving tierods is going to lead to a balljoint failure.

My question is how the hell do you bend a draglink made out of 1.25" solid bar, without bending a tierod first? Frontal impact?

[derk]

sweet mate thank god somebody knows, nobody will have to worry about bending or breaking anything again

[peanut.901]

didnt bend anything else just that was lucky i could get it home

[lax2wlg]

For my Pajero bracing the arms has really helped,

I also have lockers in mine so tend to take a careful approach to stuff instead of full noise

Sounds like a cool Mitsu, we should meet up and do Mangagotukuku Road or another nearby track sometime

[zed]

For my Pajero bracing the arms has really helped,

I also have lockers in mine so tend to take a careful approach to stuff instead of full noise

Sounds like a cool Mitsu, we should meet up and do Mangagotukuku Road or another nearby track sometime

Yep keen for that anytime. Was supposed to do Odlins rd today with the Tararua club but I've got fuel issues...have to drain tank and see what's going on. Where are you based? Pm me your number and we'll catch up.