tie rods...welding?

[colman]

so i need to make some tierods for my sandrail, its so close to being done that it is rediculous, anyway i have to have it done by sat morning cause i need to take it to my ranch and get it out of the driveway. the question is can tie rods be welded on, i have several vw rods that are the right thread all i need to do is shorten/lengthen so i was thinking cut in the middle to correct length and then weld a piece of angle iron along the whole thing to make it strong as well as welding in the middle. is that safe?

[colman]

heres a before shot and i will get the after up in the morning

[bcolman]

you might want to put a bigger picture so that we can see waht it looks like, if you need one ask me tonight and ill get you one.

[Sharpe]

I've seen plenty of people weld on tierods so I'd say go for it.

[agjohn02]

it would look fancier if you used a peice of pipe the tie rod would slide into snugly and sleeved it.

[Graystroke]

...and then drill holes down the pipe in several areas and plug weld it as well for a little extra holding power.

[CheapJeep]

I have angle iron welded to my tie rod to help reinforce it, hasn't been a problem for me. Just be careful and don't overheat them, vw tie rods aren't very stout and they probably warp easily.

[AggieTJ2007]

I would sleave it because It just looks cleaner than a nasty piece of angle welded on, if you sleave weld and grind it will make it look real clean

[colman]

well i will see what happens thursday when i weld everything up, i have a bunch of angle iron so i think i will weld that the the shortened/lengthened rods, o would sleeve it if it were worth it but i can make this look good and plus i have a body on it and you will abmost never see the rods and it is gong to the ranch anyway

[Reckless]

we have used angle iron on our rails and never had a problem, speaking of which, im going to the dunes this weekend, ill bring back pics

[uglyota]

im going to the dunes this weekend, ill bring back pics
pics?

[colman]

i know you aren't talking to me but i did say that i would put some up of the toy but what magic number of pixels or whatever yall do works so the size is good and not to large so i can show you what the rail looks like now?

[agjohn02]

600x800 is good

[uglyota]

640x480. you can search up a couple hints on how to resize pics. try clicking "show results as posts" since they may actually be in the Nutz thread

[agjohn02]

yes, that is a better size i had the 600 in the wrong place

[colman]

here

[CheapJeep]

Awesome! Is the sidemounted kayak in case of rollover's in wet area's? :flipoff2:

[colman]

dang i posted the wrong one, i have one that also has a color matche dgolf bag on to the other side, the kayak is so i can go into the water and get back my balls when i hit the water hazards

[bcolman]

are you going to install the seat that is sitting in the top of it right now?

[colman]

its up in the air right now, safe no...fun yes