A huge thanks to Rich and the guys at Cruiser Corps for helping me out and his diligence in finding my mistakes. I have exchanged emails and phone calls with him the last three days throughout the day trying to figure out what went wrong and feel he has gone out of his way to make sure everything is taken care of the right way.
I purchased this Tie Rod Set from Cruiser Corps and was pleased with both price and quality. I would recommend the product, and would highly recommend the company. I made a mistake installing the new tie rods about a month ago and would hate to see anyone else do the same thing!
When installing the TRE on the passenger side, make sure to lock the set screw in with the provided cotter pin. I did not realize there was a need for a cotter pin there, and did not see anything in my FSM about one, so I did not. After about 1500-2000 miles, it vibrated loose and I lost my steering while returning from a fishing trip in the back country. If you have recently, or not so recently, changed your TREs, please check this one to make sure you don't suddenly lose steering like I did. Drive safely!
I've included pictures and my original email to Rich below for more details on what happened in case you care (I sent the email after he asked me to write out the details and include pictures). Again, the Cruiser Corps staff has been extremely responsive and helpful - I emphasize this because I am someone who cares about who I'm buying from almost as much as what I'm buying. They've cared well.
"This happened coming back form a fishing trip, I was driving on forest service roads on the Hungry Horse Reservoir in Montana with snow and small potholes. My max speed was about 15-20 mph going downhill. There were cliffs on the one side, snow in areas, and atvs, so I'd be surprised if I was even going that fast. I drive the area pretty regularly and it's rare to go above 20 because of how windy it is.
When I hit the transition to pavement I felt a jolt in the steering wheel and it started to have an odd vibration. I slowed way down to a crawl and drove another mile to a safe area and pulled over into a gravel parking lot. When I hit the gravel I lost all steering and found the broken TRE.
I bought the set from you in December (see forwarded shipping info below) and installed it in March once the snow was out of our driveway. That TRE was torqued to 67 ft-lb in accordance with the attached FSM (84-90). I think I've done about 2 000 miles on the car since then - I drive it four days a week, usually 55-65 mph on the local highways and then every other week on forest service roads."
-Jon
I purchased this Tie Rod Set from Cruiser Corps and was pleased with both price and quality. I would recommend the product, and would highly recommend the company. I made a mistake installing the new tie rods about a month ago and would hate to see anyone else do the same thing!
When installing the TRE on the passenger side, make sure to lock the set screw in with the provided cotter pin. I did not realize there was a need for a cotter pin there, and did not see anything in my FSM about one, so I did not. After about 1500-2000 miles, it vibrated loose and I lost my steering while returning from a fishing trip in the back country. If you have recently, or not so recently, changed your TREs, please check this one to make sure you don't suddenly lose steering like I did. Drive safely!
I've included pictures and my original email to Rich below for more details on what happened in case you care (I sent the email after he asked me to write out the details and include pictures). Again, the Cruiser Corps staff has been extremely responsive and helpful - I emphasize this because I am someone who cares about who I'm buying from almost as much as what I'm buying. They've cared well.
"This happened coming back form a fishing trip, I was driving on forest service roads on the Hungry Horse Reservoir in Montana with snow and small potholes. My max speed was about 15-20 mph going downhill. There were cliffs on the one side, snow in areas, and atvs, so I'd be surprised if I was even going that fast. I drive the area pretty regularly and it's rare to go above 20 because of how windy it is.
When I hit the transition to pavement I felt a jolt in the steering wheel and it started to have an odd vibration. I slowed way down to a crawl and drove another mile to a safe area and pulled over into a gravel parking lot. When I hit the gravel I lost all steering and found the broken TRE.
I bought the set from you in December (see forwarded shipping info below) and installed it in March once the snow was out of our driveway. That TRE was torqued to 67 ft-lb in accordance with the attached FSM (84-90). I think I've done about 2 000 miles on the car since then - I drive it four days a week, usually 55-65 mph on the local highways and then every other week on forest service roads."
-Jon
