tie rods...welding?

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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pics?

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?

600x800 is good

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

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

here

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

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

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

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