Post by Lyle on May 14, 2003 19:49:49 GMT -5
This past weekend's visit to Paragon and Rausch Creek provided me with a new upgrade "opportunity". After our second day of wheeling on the rocks, Tony noticed my tie rod was slightly tweaked.
While it was still in one piece, I figured this would be a good time to replace it with something stronger and keep the old one as a trail spare. I found a tip on Stu Olsen's web site about using a '98 Grand Cherokee V8 tie rod on the TJ, so off to Napa I went. Rather than going into the details here, I'll refer you to Stu's web site: www.stu-offroad.com/steering/zjtie/tierod-1.htm
As you can see in this photo, the ZJ tie rod (left) is much beefier than the stock TJ tie rod.
Installing the new tie rod was straightforward, just two studs, and the parts from Napa came with all the associated hardware (castle nuts, cotter pins, zirk fittings, and grease boots).
And, it just LOOKS stronger once mounted:
The only thing left at that point is alignment, by my favorite mechanic ;D
If you decide to go this route, the part #'s from Napa are:
269-6085 $77.49
269-1134 $24.99
269-2788 $41.99
I would also suggest that you go to www.napaonline.com and look up these items and add them to your shopping list, and print that to take to your local Napa store. The prices at the store were a bit higher, but they matched the price shown online.
Lyle
While it was still in one piece, I figured this would be a good time to replace it with something stronger and keep the old one as a trail spare. I found a tip on Stu Olsen's web site about using a '98 Grand Cherokee V8 tie rod on the TJ, so off to Napa I went. Rather than going into the details here, I'll refer you to Stu's web site: www.stu-offroad.com/steering/zjtie/tierod-1.htm
As you can see in this photo, the ZJ tie rod (left) is much beefier than the stock TJ tie rod.
Installing the new tie rod was straightforward, just two studs, and the parts from Napa came with all the associated hardware (castle nuts, cotter pins, zirk fittings, and grease boots).
And, it just LOOKS stronger once mounted:
The only thing left at that point is alignment, by my favorite mechanic ;D
If you decide to go this route, the part #'s from Napa are:
269-6085 $77.49
269-1134 $24.99
269-2788 $41.99
I would also suggest that you go to www.napaonline.com and look up these items and add them to your shopping list, and print that to take to your local Napa store. The prices at the store were a bit higher, but they matched the price shown online.
Lyle
