Custom heim steering
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Custom heim steering
I'm building heim steering for my truck. I should have the rest of the parts I need this weekend and then will be doing the swap asap. If anyone is interested in a set of their own let me know and I will start pricing out a bolt on "kit"
Parts list:
3/4" Heims for the inners
7/8" Heims for outers
Custom machined and tapered pin for outer tie rods
Machined clevises for inner tie rod pivot
Heres a little teaser pic for you guys.
Parts list:
3/4" Heims for the inners
7/8" Heims for outers
Custom machined and tapered pin for outer tie rods
Machined clevises for inner tie rod pivot
Heres a little teaser pic for you guys.
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They are heims from a local shop called GMR (Home). I got a good deal on em but I've heard they like to squeak. I will be switching to FK heims once these are trash or squeak too bad that I cant take it.
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Its not the steering that's holding me back from going to a bigger tire its the spindle snouts and wheel bearings. I would be running 35s right now but with the way I beat on the truck in the desert I would be destroying wheel bearings even faster.
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Sometimes I grind welds just to make it look super clean (my bumper frame horns) and other times I like seeing the welds... just depends.
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Be careful sanding down the TIG welds too much. On my traction bar, I sanded down the welds at the end of the tubes where the nut was welded to the tube and there wasn't enough left to re-enforce the weld and caused them to break. 2 of the 3 joints did this to me and I had to go back in and re TIG them up and left the weld re-enforcement on it this time, and have given the traction bar some good testing and not a snap yet.
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I got them from GMR with the bungs welded to those tubes already and one of them was ground down, so I did the other one to match it. They are tig welded so there wasnt really much to grind down and I know they are strong enough.
Sometimes I grind welds just to make it look super clean (my bumper frame horns) and other times I like seeing the welds... just depends.
Sometimes I grind welds just to make it look super clean (my bumper frame horns) and other times I like seeing the welds... just depends.
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Be careful sanding down the TIG welds too much. On my traction bar, I sanded down the welds at the end of the tubes where the nut was welded to the tube and there wasn't enough left to re-enforce the weld and caused them to break. 2 of the 3 joints did this to me and I had to go back in and re TIG them up and left the weld re-enforcement on it this time, and have given the traction bar some good testing and not a snap yet.
It will be over $500 at least.