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Chadnutz
09-10-2004, 08:55 PM
Well, while leaving the bird lease I let my best friend drive through a ditch. There were no rocks. There we no stumps. Somehow, he ended up bending the drag link. I'm out $100 because I thought it would be fun to play around with the stroke... Oops.. At least it was an easy install. Now I need to get back to the Mazda!!

http://www.theaggieweb.com/photos/00001175.jpg

Shaggy
09-10-2004, 09:02 PM
i would have just tried to bend it back... but hey i am dumb

Chadnutz
09-10-2004, 09:12 PM
I thought about it, but it was easier to do this. I don't want to mess around with steering components...you know, like welded pitman arms. :flipoff2:

Jackasic
09-10-2004, 10:40 PM
i just bent mine back and then reinfoced it with a piece of 1x1 angle. better than new.

but then again, i bent mine on the trail and not a bar ditch :flipoff2:

eight
09-10-2004, 11:19 PM
Yea those things bend, and they straighten just as easy. All it takes is a chain and a good post or such. If you had a superduty you could bend the steering stabilizer, powersteering cooler, and condensor too.

BigRedFord04
09-14-2004, 06:39 PM
when i slammed my TTB steering into a tree stump that was about 1/2" shorter than my front bumper in actually broke the threads off the outer tie rod...same great deal....$100. no fixing it in my case. but the nutzfab steering has been beat on more than a couple rocks...no bends, no cracked welds. good job.

Chadnutz
09-14-2004, 10:03 PM
I need some for myself now. It is bull **** that the drag link can bend without hitting anything. After the stress from bending I didn't want to bend it back because it wouldn't be as strong as it was in the first place.

BMFScout
09-16-2004, 09:57 PM
I need some for myself now. It is bull **** that the drag link can bend without hitting anything. After the stress from bending I didn't want to bend it back because it wouldn't be as strong as it was in the first place.

that's a ford right? weird...

redcagepatrol
09-17-2004, 08:03 AM
I thought this thread was going to be before - after pics of wheeling our daily driver... That would be sweet... (Krebs? Busa? Brandon? Me?)

uglyota
09-17-2004, 10:10 AM
I thought this thread was dead a week ago

:flipoff2:

BigRedFord04
09-17-2004, 11:40 PM
[QUOTE=redcagepatrol]I thought this thread was going to be before - after pics of wheeling our daily driver... /QUOTE]
see any of my pics for after results