1 Piece Tie Rod

Used to be, you could buy a kit to replace the silly Y shaped tie rod arrangement on an early CJ wiith a 1 piece tie rod. Does anyone still offer a kit like this or do you have to put together your own?

 

Easy enough to do it yourself with dom.

 

I bought a D30 tie rod and a right hand tap. Make sure you cut the end you can tap.

Looking back I would call speedway motors and jegs because at one time there was a cut to length note on the website.

 

Speedway Motors offers tie rods kits cut to specified length if you don't want to invest in a set of taps.

 

Check with advanced adapters, I think they have the parts you need to do it.

 

^ That’s the super easy way to do it. Then you bring it to my shop if you want it TIG welded.

 

Herm? https://hermtheoverdriveguy.com/tie-rods-cj-applications

We used to sell a kit at Chuchua's.

 

I did mine a loooong time ago. I think I re-used one of the original rods for the bell crank to the new tre that has a hole for another tre. New long rod to go across.

 

Whelp, I now know that my steering linkage is an upgraded kit like that and not stock parts. Sometimes I forget how little I really know...
Learn somethin' every day.

 

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I did the same. Intermediate tie rod and an 11/16-18 tap. Run the tap in full depth before you shorten it so you still have some threads left to center the tap for the final threading. That isn't a problem if you have a lathe but most don't and I did the first one of those before I had any machine tools.

 

probably easier to cut to length DOM and weld on some pre-machined L & R threaded ends. I've done that for control arms/links and steering for a few vehicles.

 

On my 2a i used a tie rod from a 95 grand cherokee the belcrank one is custom. Would be alot easier if somebody made a kit

 

Brian? In OC?
That was a while ago

 

I got my first 1-piece tie rod from JC Whitney back in 1976.
-Donny

 

Let me ask a dumb question. Why would you change the TR from original? Asking for a friend…lol

 

Mainly to prevent death wobble especially if you have a lift keeps the toe alignment from changing

 

To expand on what Jeep2003 said...with the stock setup, each tie rod is attached to the chassis at the bell crank near the middle. This results in the toe changing as the suspension moves up and down. Even at stock height this is less than ideal, with a lift it's a real problem. A 1 piece tie rod is a significant improvement even for a CJ with no lift and otherwise stock steering

 

Yep, I recall the two-piece setup causes "bump steer." Never experienced this, but I think the name is descriptive.