School Me On Dom Please

Good morning everyone!
With my 2 hole knuckle conversion and intermediate Saginaw manual steering, I’m having a tough time finding tie rods.
Partsdude 4x4 will be back next week, so I’ll call him before making a decision. So for DOM tubing, it’s all over the internet but nowhere near my county!
I found at onlinemetals.com 7/8 od and 16/25 id. Is that too large for an 11/16 tap?
They also have a 1” od 5/8 id. i was hoping to keep it at 7/8 but if that id is too big for the tap then I will have to go 1”
My rough eye to eye measurements are 41” for the tie rod and 23.5” for the drag link.
What do you experienced people think?
I value your opinions!

Thanks!

 

I don’t have an answer for your specific question, but you may want to check out WFO Concepts for DOM pricing. They’re a local CA company, so you may save on shipping too.

I’ve bought quite a bit of jeep stuff from them over the years, and their prices have been good and they’ve always shipped quickly.

https://www.wfoconcepts.com/series-1131-dom-tubing.html

 

Ordered from Speedway motors in the past. I Cut and threaded DOM tubing to my specific needs
http://speedwaymotors.com/

 

1" od dom with .188 wall is used for the stock 11/16-18 tie rod ends. I pass a 5/8 bit through it to clean it up I find sometimes it's just a little tight for the tap before. I use locknuts on factory tie rods.

 

Lock nuts as in a jam nut instead of clamps or on top to hold the TRE to the knuckle?
Thanks for the info!

 

R/l 11/16-18 jam nuts I should have said as you will no longer have the clamps on the tie rod.

 

Got it, I was actually going to work that question in here as well, now I don’t have to.
Thanks Rich!

 

1” .188wall with.065 inside diameter Dom tubing is near unobtainable at the moment. I ordered 10’ length a couple months ago and am still waiting for it.

 

Just got 6' 2 days after ordering

 

If the shipping wouldn’t be a deal killer I would have you get me a piece. My local steel supplier is a little slow sometimes.

 

I made mine from 1.5" .250 wall.. I think I went too far.. haha

 

I used the same stuff. Ruff-Stuff weld-in ends for 7/8-18 TRE's and lock nuts. My local steel yard stocks DOM in several sizes. One place I don't mind having a little overkill. That ended up looking like this:

 

Yeah, Sam went back to Brooklyn for my son's wedding last week. (We had a great time). Also, a second on WFO, they have done all my tie rods for the tux and my 3B.

 

I need to cut my ends off and go with proper rod ends.. When I originally did it, I was building for trail only and used Heim.. Now that its going back to on/off duty I gotta copy your setup..

 

Thank you all for your replies.
Partsdude 4x4 was able to take care of me without me having to accomplish something I’ve never done before.
I wasn’t afraid to give it a ride, but Sam set me up for not much more than I would have spent and I don’t have to “experiment” with my steering.
Thanks again everyone!