Heavy Duty Tie Rods?

[Matthew Jeschke]

yea i tired of the match stick tie rods aswell so im doing alittle upgrading View attachment 234494

wow what did that come off of? a tractor?

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[AZGOAT]

wow what did that come off of? a tractor?

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well im a mech for military and its front tie rods from a h1 Humvee im going to cut off one end of it that uses a bushing and weld up a heim joint the should work out pretty good. ive aloso doing a few more mods aswell that ive been working on finishing up front diff drop and building my own cv shafts from 1 ton cv axles and a 3rd member from h1 humvee im not to fond of out aluminum 3rd member weakness

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

well im a mech for military and its front tie rods from a h1 Humvee im going to cut off one end of it that uses a bushing and weld up a heim joint the should work out pretty good. ive aloso doing a few more mods aswell that ive been working on finishing up front diff drop and building my own cv shafts from 1 ton cv axles and a 3rd member from h1 humvee im not to fond of out aluminum 3rd member weakness

wow i need to follow your build. that is badass. lobe the rims on your truck btw

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[Matthew Jeschke]

Finally installed these tie rod sleeves. They are good but not great...

1. They cover up the adjustment for the inner tie rod. You cannot get a wrench on it to adjust... So I had to use tape and a pipe wrench - not ideal. I imagine the tire shop will be confused when they go to do an alignment.

2. They aren't a tight fit. They have some space between the inner tie rod and the sleeve. Two concerns, you can have some flex (but probably not enough to break rod so serves it's purpose). Second, it will collect dirt, debris, and worst water / moisture in there and rust the threads on the tie rod. I need to put a little bit of caulk around that space to seal it up.

It's definitely better to buy the purpose built heavy duty tie rods. Although, they are WAAAAAAY overpriced.

 

[Bill 1960]

Thanks for reporting on the sleeves. I’d like to upgrade mine at some point, however the lift installation requires trimming the TRE and a different jam nut so I’ll have to do some due diligence beforehand.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

My factory tie rod on driver side finally bit the dust. It had play in it. Was amazed it lived to 250k miles!

I swapped out both tierods and ends. Then reinstalled the sleeves. These sleeves are even better with the moog problem solver tierods. Only concern is, it covers up the spot on the rod to attach a wrench and adjust toe... Previously I got a piece of rubber and vice grips... then clamped onto the rod as I spun it to adjust toe.

Anybody know a better way with these sleeves to adjust toe? I fear the tire shop will never figure it out and or break something...

Note to self: for another $70 I could have done the Rare Parts rods *sigh*. I think I have about $250 into all this.

Pics of new build below:

 

[Bmorey67]

Is your truck lifted? I need to replace mine as well. Hard to find he tie rods for my tahoe

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

Is your truck lifted? I need to replace mine as well. Hard to find he tie rods for my tahoe

I am at stock height. What about https://www.rareparts.com/

Or call rough country and see if they offer anything?

 

[Bmorey67]

Thanks. I was able to find some on eBay:

PPE Extreme Duty Tie Rod Assemblies For 2007-2013 Chevrolet/GMC 1500/SUVs | eBay

PPE Extreme Duty Tie Rod Assemblies For 2007-2013 Chevrolet/GMC 1500/SUVs.

www.ebay.com

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

@Bmorey67 let us know how they turn out! In hindsight I wish I'd just purchased an upgraded assembly like that as apposed to the sleeves. It wasn't that much more.