Bending steering components (on purpose)

[amaurer]

Long ago I saw some talk on here about bending knuckle arms to work better with certain setups.

I have a non-FJ40 application that has strange looong tie rod ends that I'd really like to bend. Can/has this been done safely ever?

 

[OPMACHINE]

I have no experience bending knuckle arms.

If they have are forded they can most likely be heated up and bent(If done properly). If they are casted I would not try and bend. I would want to know kind of material and what process was used to manufacture.

 

[Rocky_LC]

forged….

I would guess there are not many cast steering components like knuckle arms floating around much anymore for safety reasons…

Rocky

 

[OPMACHINE]

Then I would focus on getting the heat right.