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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Heavy duty tierod ends?

Anybody know if they make a heavy duty tre for us?

Busted another boot and was wondering if they make something stronger that might help keep me from busting boots.

I figure if they were stronger and didn't move around so much I'd have less chances of ripping another one.

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Old Jul 22, 2009
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moog are the best ones out right now i think.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Originally Posted by mossyoak03
moog are the best ones out right now i think.
That's what I've got now.

I'm about to give it the duct tape mod. lol
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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weld it
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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I only know of the chevy ones they make
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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somehow i never had an issue with my TREs, they were tight till the day i pulled them off for good.

as far as aftermarket, im pretty sure your **** outa luck.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Can't you get custom made ones? My buddy that races his Duramax broke one of his one night, and seems like he had his custom made.
 
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that would be way too much money to put into an IFS system on a ranger haha


you could swap over to a conventional steering system with a steering box, i remember seeing someone with an explorer do that.
 
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wonder what the difference is in tie rod ends from a f-150 or chevys, if they could be modified
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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What about this setup? It sounds like it may work with stock because it says "Available +4.5" wider for use with our LT suspension kit". I don't know what they mean by available, maybe they have to kits one is stock width and one for the LT kit.
Ranger Clevis Steering Kit - Long Travel Suspensions - Dixon Bros Racing
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Originally Posted by camodown
wonder what the difference is in tie rod ends from a f-150 or chevys, if they could be modified
a 3/4 ton TRE off an H2 is smaller than the ranger ones.. i might be exaggerating a little.. but they're tiny


then you have to make sure they'll thread onto the inner tre.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Gorilla glue that sh*t.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Originally Posted by RangerNDog
What about this setup? It sounds like it may work with stock because it says "Available +4.5" wider for use with our LT suspension kit". I don't know what they mean by available, maybe they have to kits one is stock width and one for the LT kit.
Ranger Clevis Steering Kit - Long Travel Suspensions - Dixon Bros Racing
hmm....I'm about to do tierod ends... BUT..I like the price of like $20 per joint and the lifetime alignment. haha.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2009
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
hmm....I'm about to do tierod ends... BUT..I like the price of like $20 per joint and the lifetime alignment. haha.

where do you get something like that or what are you talking bout shane?
 
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Rockauto has moog's for about $25 a outer TRE. Lifetime alignment's run about $100-150 and you can align it anytime you want pretty much.
 
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