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D60 Knuckle damage
- Thread starter rcamacho
- Start date
shaun89
1/2 ton status
ive seen a lot of guys run heim joints for their TREs but some say not too cause they wear out, but then again, u see them being used on 4 link ends. i was actually looking into running heims, i think i might...
pauly383
Daddy383
on a tie rod heims won't have to move too much , its not a real flexy spot , the ball will just rotate mostly in its socket . The ends I have on my hand me down setup have over 4 years on those , and they are not loose at all .
Hossbaby50
3/4 ton status
You can braze & re-ream the TRE taper on the knuckle if you can braze.
Harley
Harley
ream it out to Drag link ends if it is not too bad
Jason4x4
1/2 ton status
High steer.
cegusman
3/4 ton status
Happened to me, found someone that was running high steer and swapped them knuckles.
Take the knuckle off, send it to Kert, have him weld the taper back out and redrill it to factory specs again.
He can do this. He did a Dodge steering arm for me.
Heims shouldn't be mounted in single shear like that, the right way to do single shear mounts is with a taper (like the factory tie rod end setup).
And IME, heims wear out quickly. Not a great option for steering end links IMO but lots of people have success with them.
shaun89
1/2 ton status
ya,thats what im on the fence with, but im leaning more to just a beefy tie rod that can accept a popular TRE so i can replace it cheap and fast when i do...
