97 FZJ80 Inner and Outer tie rod ends options

[Bludozer]

Anybody running these from marlin?

80-series Tie Rod End Kit | Marlin Crawler, Inc.

80-series Tie Rod End (TRE) Kit. If your Land Cruiser has seen a few miles or is feeling a little loose in the steering then its time to restore that precision feel you once had. If you have sto...

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[Railwelder93]

I have the 80 steering upgrade kit from marlin crawler. It comes with those TREs, and heavier links.

 

[Bludozer]

I have the 80 steering upgrade kit from marlin crawler. It comes with those TREs, and heavier links.

How do you like the TREs as well as the rest of the kit? How long have you had it installed? Looks really nice!

 

[Railwelder93]

Honestly I haven’t driven the truck much since I got the upgrade kit from marlin because I have a bunch of other work to do on it. The TREs are 555 made in Japan. I have heard good things about them and that’s what the old one were too. DS on the tierod was totally shot but according to service records I got with the truck they had like 50,000 mile on them. The rods in the kit look to be very well made, and I’m sure they are stronger then I will ever need them to be.

 

[Squeegee]

This is what I'm using:
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I’m looking at a set of these from trail Taylor! How have they been holding up?

 

[lp2k]

@Bludozer that marlin kit is my next buy

 

[Railwelder93]

Marlin kit is great

 

[Squeegee]

Marlin kit is great

I would up getting the marlin kit. My only complaint is that it doesn’t have flat spots machined in for putting a wrench on them.

 

[Railwelder93]

I know for sure I be had a few decent hits to the front end out wheeling recently, enough to yard sale my factory front bumper.
Everything is still straight and tight. I can take my hand off the wheel at 75 mph on the highway and it tracks straight as an arrow.

yea flats would be nice but knipex