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Originally posted by PhilD:
Just beacuse you don't break a tie rod, doesn't mean somethinmg else is going to break. Both times I broke CV's, there is hardly any stress on the steering and a super weak tie rod would have made no difference.
If you drive to the point of just risking breaking a tie rod, then HD ones will prevent this with no other ill effects. If you abuse your vehicle to extremes, then you are bound to break something else.
We don't hear of people with HD tie rods suddenly breaking driveshafts. Nearly all the driveshaft/CV breakages we hear about are due to other issues, lifts, lockers, etc.
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Like I keep saying, if you push it to the limit, you are bound to break something else. But I personally don't believe the stock tie rod is anywhere near the limit of the H2.
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Although anecdotal and perhaps an aberration, it would seem that CP’s mangling of the FT tie rod, while hurting nothing else (as far as we know) last month, is consistent with your idea that the HD rods aren’t the likely cause of driveline damage when it occurs.