Eventful and painful Rock Crawling Day

[Cpage66]

OUCH!!! Hate to hear that!

He'll have to do what my father used to (he also lost part of a digit) whenever some one asked what happened..."Picking my nose and a big booger ate it!"

[Gildo]

Owwch!, is he covered by TAC in this situation?

Hmm, next time hes ordering @ the pub it'll be 4 pots and 1 glass....

[Wooders]

Mate that's shocking news.....even my cast iron guts are churning at the thought (or maybe it was the chinese I had for dinner).....hope they can save the finger to pick another day....

[RockhamptonTJ]

Originally Posted by Gojeep

Sorry to read about your friend.

A what point did your TRE break? Was it while the front suspension was fully extended?

Dont know how it bent, was never at any major flex, did not hit anything was all at low speed crawl

[billsta]

thats some nasty shait...
and the long and angony wait to get to the hospital...

Originally Posted by Wooders

or maybe it was the chinese I had for dinner.....

you're a very specific cannibal..

[Gojeep]

Originally Posted by RockhamptonTJ

Dont know how it bent, was never at any major flex, did not hit anything was all at low speed crawl

If you have more than 4 - 4.5" of down travel over stock the TRE will bind as run out of travel. You need a OTK setup if more than that.

[AussieCJ7]

Originally Posted by RockhamptonTJ

Dont know how it bent, was never at any major flex, did not hit anything was all at low speed crawl

The scars on both the tie rod and the axle tubes tell the story how it bent

Very very common with Jeeps driven hard all of the comp rigs that I know have suffered this at least once

solution is a hi steer setup but that creates engineering issues and is a lot of work. I have seen the flexy tie rods work well in this situation but they do have a limit and will eventually bend and not bend back.

You can put on even tougher tie rods but remember the forces will be transfered to the next weakest point that is very hard /expensive to fix and will leave you stranded at least a tie rod you can bash straight and reinforce with a hi lift jack handle to get you home.

BTW sorry to hear about your mates finger and that is a great reminder for all of us to stay alert and think about our actions out driving