Larry Chamberlain 16 #1 Posted December 27, 2015 What dose everybody use to make there tie rods just wondering thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #2 Posted December 27, 2015 @Larry Chamberlain http://www.mcmaster.com/#tie-rod-ends/=10ew7g7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cooperlacy 3 #3 Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) I second McMaster-Carr too. Personally I used p/n: 6058K28. Less than $5 a piece. I just cut the original tie rods, then faced, drilled, and tapped and used lengths of 3/8-24 threaded rod to attach the ball joints. Many other ways to do it, that's just what I did. Looking back on it, rod ends would be stronger (much larger load bearing surface) and likely last much longer, but I can still replace mine quickly and cheaply when the time comes. Edited December 27, 2015 by cooperlacy Grammatical error 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wheelhorseman 3,197 #4 Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/60945-tie-rod-ends-ball-joints/ Cheaper then mcmaster carr -- prices incude the shipping Edited December 27, 2015 by wheelhorseman1000 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacer 3,159 #5 Posted December 27, 2015 Same for McMaster ---- I had a horse with the solid rods that had really bad 'toe out' and of course there was no correcting it -- so I got the ends from McMaster and cut & threaded the fixed rods to accept the new ones and I now had adjustable toe in/toe out!! I've since started changing any horse I get to the adjustable tie rods, they all seem to have more toe out than is necessary which makes for hard steering (and our horses arent known for easy steering!!) so I can now add a bit of toe in and get a bit easier steering -- nice! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don1977 604 #6 Posted December 27, 2015 I used 1/2" heims joints and bushed the eye down to 3/8" with steel bushings. That was done in 1989 to my C-120. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
