I have welded angle to the tie rod before, but did like the way it looks. I cut a peice of square tubing that was tight to the tie rod, slid it over and welded it on the ends. I been runnin that way for 5 years with no troubles.

Woody

Not to sound like a smart a$$. But do you know what they mean by plug weld. I told someone that one time and they welded the end right-up and then welded the tie-rod to that. It broke within an hour of riding he blamed me.

Buy some Aluminum hex tubing from your local race car shop and the ends will already be drilled and tapped depending in how long you need them, and put 3/4" chromoly heim joints on the ends, you will be using 5/8", grade 8 bolts on the heim joints, and to adjust them, the hex is drilled and tapped on each end to work like a turnbuckle and then use jam nuts to tighten the joints....it is bulletproof! It is the same stuff they use on dirt track late model car front lower strut arms, if it can handle a 2300 lb. car going 80-90 MPH around a curve hitting all of those bumps and not bend or break, it must be very tough, I had no problems with mine and still using them 4 yrs later. It should cost you around $60, but it will be the best money spend on steering parts, you can use them on your current box for now and then when you put on your new rack, just change out the hex tubing for different length and take your joints off of them and put them on the new tubing.