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

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    I've seen plenty of people weld on tierods so I'd say go for it.
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    it would look fancier if you used a peice of pipe the tie rod would slide into snugly and sleeved it.

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

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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Reckless
    im going to the dunes this weekend, ill bring back pics
    pics?
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    damnit... if everyone is leaving i want my original 15 back... i dont wanna be left with these tools

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    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?
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    600x800 is good

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    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
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    damnit... if everyone is leaving i want my original 15 back... i dont wanna be left with these tools

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

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