ICON XD Forged Tie Rods

[rtaylor]

You never hit the stud with the hammer. Basic mechanics.

Hitting the side of the knuckle works although it has some small risk.

Good point. My Raptor joints pop out easily by striking the knuckle, but it didn't work for my Bronco. I would be willing to hit it a lot harder for a bush fix, but threaded separator seems a better choice for garage.

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[kodiakisland]

Yeah us 2-door guys prefer a bottle jack. We'd have to give up the beer cooler to make room for a floor jack LOL.

Plenty of room under the Bronco to store the floor jack, so no need to even consider down sizing the beer fridge.

 

[swooshdave]

Plenty of room under the Bronco to store the floor jack, so no need to even consider down sizing the beer fridge.

Without affecting ground clearance? I suppose someone could rig something up especially with an aftermarket exhaust.

 

[Dusty]

Plenty of room under the Bronco to store the floor jack, so no need to even consider down sizing the beer fridge.

I thought we were talking about jacks that you can also carry in the Bronco for trail use.

 

[swooshdave]

I thought we were talking about jacks that you can also carry in the Bronco for trail use.

We're were talking about maximizing beer space. Jack just got in the way of the conversion.

 

[kodiakisland]

I thought we were talking about jacks that you can also carry in the Bronco for trail use.

Maybe. When I read beer fridge I immediately went to full size in the garage. I may need help.

 

[Dusty]

Maybe. When I read beer fridge I immediately went to full size in the garage. I may need help.

I said COOLER, not fridge But yeah, out in my shop I do have a full size beer fridge AND two floor jacks and a 2-post lift

 

[BigGarnet]

I am indeed, as my doctor says, but that's besides the point.

You're asking for "evidence" of something that is pretty well known at this point. Not just of the Bronco, but any vehicle in a similar situation.

Tie rods are designed to be sacrificed under stress to save your steering rack. Stronger tie rods mean your steering rack is more exposed to extra force/strain, which leads to a failure.

a tie rod can be replaced on a trail, a steering rack, not so easily. So, the point that's been made is that if you upgrade your rods to something stronger, your rack should be as well. None of this is cheap, but wheeling has never been cheap or easy; thus all of the fun!

If you want evidence, research and look for it; it's out there. We're just giving you tips and options or suggestions. Mileage will vary verses your unique situation, conditions, and level of risk tolerance.

Basically, this forum ain't a Google search. However, you can use a Google search to uncover all the evidence you may need to make a decision that is best for you.

Thank you, drive around....

This point is a bit ridiculous. Tie rods are ABSOLUTELY not designed to break to protect the rack. People refer to them as a fuse on here and it gets repeated, but that is absolutely not a design element. No engineer designs tie rods to break proactively.

Tie rods are not designed to be a fuse. Just because they break before the rack does, doesn't mean that is how they were engineered. Show me some steering racks that have broken with stock sized tires and upgraded tie rods. I don't any reason not to run these Icon tie rods with the stock steering rack. You can break an anvil if you hit it hard enough, that doesn't mean the anvil was poorly deigned.

Exactly. Well said.

 

[BigGarnet]

Everyone continues to talk about the rack breaking, but I still have not seen it happening, not even one case outside of the guy who sells $30 nylon bushings to fix the “issue” for $400. Please, if someone else can point to a broken rack, please post it.

The big issue seems to be the tie rods. I’m going with these when they come out. They look great.

 

[Jmart52]

I have the Icon coilovers and I will be getting the tie rods as soon as they are available. But in the mean time I made these. I didn't want to take a chance of the others not working or hitting.

 

[GloNDark]

I have the Icon coilovers and I will be getting the tie rods as soon as they are available. But in the mean time I made these. I didn't want to take a chance of the others not working or hitting.

Those are awesome looking. And once you get the Icon tie rods, you can have your factory ones with these in the back just in case.

I want to get the icon coilovers but don't want to have issues with my Broncobuster tierod splits.

 

[98infinity]

so reading though all this, let me get this right. replacing the stock tie rod ends with these icon tie rods the consensuses is that the steering rack will be the weak point then? Is this just a theory or proven?

 

[RynoRanger]

These photos are of our first prototypes, which we will be displayed at the SEMA show in a couple of weeks.

WANT.

 

[najay]

So are we. But we haven't been able to get our hands on a Raptor yet

Hey! I got a Raptor, and am just over the hill in Orange County ...

 

[Dmorty217]

so reading though all this, let me get this right. replacing the stock tie rod ends with these icon tie rods the consensuses is that the steering rack will be the weak point then? Is this just a theory or proven?

One theory held by very few people since no one can point to this happening with any bronco out there. Plenty are running 37s and even 40s and this hasn’t happened yet.

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