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06-12-2009, 05:50 PM
|  | Enthusiast | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Versailles, KY (USA)
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| |  Will an aftermarket 1972 CJ tie rod fit my 72 Commando?
I couldn't find in the search if the D30 is EXACTLY the same, so I ask you.
I want to by an off the shelf Heavy Duty tie rod + ends to go with my custom drag link on the diesel commando. Will it work if I ask for a 72 CJ setup?
Thanks
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06-12-2009, 09:48 PM
|  | I Might Just Know What I'm Talking About | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Selma,CA in the middle of the vineyards, Central California
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Boy, I don't think so but not sure what your rig is?
I've bent mine up a couple times and IF I remember right the CJ's were too short, and the Waggies were too long ......... and I used one out of a Cherokee (not quite perfect but worked).
I would want to look at it with a tape measure.
next time I'm going to up grade (stock stuff from the salvage yard just bends too easy)
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06-13-2009, 09:29 AM
| | Enthusiast | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Versailles, KY (USA)
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From a steering system standpoint my Commando is the same as stock (well was)
I'm switching to a late 70s scout II steering box that sits up on the frame and is forward throw so that I can have a safe steering system, the original box had to a have a two-piece steering shaft when I put the diesel in to clearance an engine mount, with 4 total u-joints and it was particularly unsafe on the highway.
The new location is going to require a longer drag link, but the tie rod will remain the same so I was hoping to find an easy replacement.
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"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
bombed."
- U.S. Air Force Manual
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/_ [____],_
l---L--Oo##oO
()_) ()_)----)_)
It's a Commando, get it?
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06-13-2009, 06:53 PM
| | I Might Just Know What I'm Talking About | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Selma,CA in the middle of the vineyards, Central California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 72commando  The new location is going to require a longer drag link, but the tie rod will remain the same so I was hoping to find an easy replacement. | I would call and have them measure it before having it shipped.
Might try partsmike.com Real good to work with.
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06-13-2009, 06:57 PM
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After some internet sleuthing, I found out the 72-81 CJ tie rod TUBE is 40.5", the same as I measured on my Commando. Later CJ years are longer, something like 43.75".
I don't know what the comparison is for the drag link, but that's not applicable for my current engineering (because of the scout box) so I didn't try too hard to find it.
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bombed."
- U.S. Air Force Manual
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/_ [____],_
l---L--Oo##oO
()_) ()_)----)_)
It's a Commando, get it?
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