Well, I got the replacement Currie Tie rod form Dave at Northridge. I must say the rod ends on this thing are almost twice the size of the stock ends. The replacement took a couple of hours. I think I'll end up taking it in for an alignment.

Here's the damage done at Tahuya...


The stock tie rod laid out next to the Currie one...



There is a night and day difference in the Currie Tie Rod. Note: Make sure you have a grease gun when you install this. There are grease fittings on the ends and it needs grease.

Installed product.




A little side poject. Pulled the front and rear carpet. Hung them over the trash can, and the water ran out....



I wil run without them for a while. And hang them in the garage to completely dry out.

A good Saturday. If your not wheeling, your wrenching.

Bob K.

 

Wow, there is quite the difference between the stock and Currie tie rods!!

 

How did you know you needed new tire rods? I keep hearing a slight knock when I'm stopping and was wondering if it was them.

 

Tie rods were okay. I liked the Currie setup and decided to upgrade as I replaced the tie rod. The clunking could be your tie rod/drag link ends. Check them out.

Bob K.

 

Looks good there. Like I said at the end of the day, it's a vicious and glorious cycle of upgrading, playing, breaking, and upgrading. Sometimes I look forward to little problems like that one so I have a good reason to upgrade something. Some would call that an excuse but I think it's the best reason in the world for an upgrade.

 

Thanks. I honestly think that I steered the bend in that tie rod. I do not remember backing up in the section of the rocks. And the bend happened there. You are correct. Damage to stock parts is always a good reason to upgrade. With the JKUs stock parts are almost as expensive as the upgrade parts. I noticed the clearance on the currie ends, they've got the engineering down to a science. It is within centimeters of the backing plate behind the rotor.


Bob K.

 

Nice write up Bob, looks good. Hope to see it in action on the trails soon

 

Most definitely. I need to run it up to a shop and get an alignment done. Trailworthy right now. I do need to go through it after the missus U-boat adventure.


Bob