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Originally posted by PhilD:
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But.... if you are driving it harshly or whatever and that tie rod will not brake- something would have to give in. If not the tie rod something else along the line will give- it is just physics.
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Why would something else have to break? The center link is way stronger than the stock tie rods, and the Pitman/idler arms and steering box can handle much more abuse than the stock tie rods can. The stock tie rods are a weak point.
Most people will never break the stock ones, but HD ones simply fix a weak point.
Now if you abuse your truck, you will break something else, but that goes with the territory.
To say that having weak tie rods is a good thing, because it will stop you breaking something else is just plain messed up
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Whew! I'm glad this just came in. I had drawn the hacksaw, and was about to cut weak points back into my FT rods. I'll put it away for now.