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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Looking for some heavy duty tie rod ends. With that being said would I have to change drag link also ?or would a hd tie rod fit stock drag link?
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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I have the Currie HD tie rod and a stock drag link...no problems with anything hitting.
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 12:06 AM
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Did u notice the steering being any tighter? If u were to do it again would u change the stock drag link out to a heavy duty one?
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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Ya, I would have changed out both at the same time. The major reason here is that I've already had to replace ball joints and tie rod ends and the whole drive link since the factory one isn't rebuildable (at least that's what they told me). Better to change it out with one that you can rebuild.
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 06:07 AM
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Kool thanks for info.
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 07:14 AM
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we've run both the currie and rock krawler tie-rods and both did the job well. i know that currie was having some problems with theirs breaking at the TRE's for a while but, i think that has been resolved with their gen 2 version.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
we've run both the currie and rock krawler tie-rods and both did the job well. i know that currie was having some problems with theirs breaking at the TRE's for a while but, i think that has been resolved with their gen 2 version.
would u say one was better than the other or r they Jus about the same?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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The nice thing about the Currie is it uses cartridges for the ends, and the tie rod and drag link use the same ones.
My Currie is definitely beastly and heavy!
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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Sorry forgot the pic and the ap won't let me edit it in.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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Very nice an look much bigger than stock. Oh yea like the tape measure to. Lol
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