Has anyone bought this set of stainless solid track rod bars with greasable tie rod ends. The machining alone on the steering dampener looks like great fabrication. He had me sold at the separator Allen screw to adjust the location of the dampener. Looks to be about $275 including shipping to the US, which is close to the Terrafirma HD rods for about $250.

Feedback is 100% positive since 2008. Maybe that's enough right there.

STAINLESS STEEL Land Rover Heavy Duty Steering Bar Set, Late D1/RRc, D2, Series | eBay


Let me know what you all think.

 

No, but that is a good find. 135 pdS is about $200.00 +SHIPPING
less money than the TF bars,
fully greaseable unlike the TF,
and the stainless wont fall off like the cheap TF power coating.

 

They look nice. And I agree with you that bracket for the damper is very nice.
I don't like stainless bars because the tie rods tend to corrode inside of the stainless. I believe this has something to do with them being dissimilar metals. They can become unbelievably difficult to get out and destroy the threads on the bars.

 

The TF bars are zinc coated it cannot come off.

 

well i stand corrected then,
its the only from TF that you wont have worry the power coat come off.

 

Good find and reasonably priced for SS. Obviously te ball ends aren't ss but they are greasable. I believe this is the first ss track rod and drag link I've ever seen. It's not that much more money than Britpart mild steel. If you need a set go for it.

 

Couldn't this be solved with some copper anti-seize. I have run into the same issue on mountain bikes that have a cromoly bottom bracket and an aluminum bike frame. I believe it is called galvanic corrosion. Also when time to change the tie rod end, the rod could be mounted in a vice so its isolated and then a bar used to unscrew the tie rod end.

 

A heavy coating of copper grease or there are a myriad of greases/treatments for stopping reactions between dissimilar base metals.

Another problem is road salt and that's very corrosive to all metals. One option is to place a cycle inner tube over the drag link ends with electrical tie wraps holding it in place forming an rubber boot but still with oodles of copper grease around/in the joints.

Anyone who owns a boat will know the problems .........

Galvanic Corrosion - Seaworthy - BoatUS

but when you think about it carefully the whole damned truck is a 'mobile battery' and worse, it's insulated from the road by rubber tires so no grounding effects.

http://www.euro-inox.org/pdf/map/Con...h_Other_EN.pdf

 

Couldn't this be solved with some copper anti-seize. yes