Junkyard Tie rod links

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Looking for cheaper draglinks for my saginaw conversion I got to looking at XJ cherokee linkage. I pulled the one piece end that goes to the pitman arm. I was lucky that the entire unit was able to fit between my dana 25 knuckles. I did have to trim a TRE to get it to go in the tube further, but it was pretty easy. BUt I havnt aligned the jeep yet and i may have to cut it shorter. And for the short one i just got another XJ link, i cut it down and sleeved it with 1/18 .125 tubing. Slid right over with no slop. I drilled holes to plug weld it to the original arm, and quite frankly this thing is super beefy now.

sleeve tubing
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XJ rod cut and the correct length removed
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Link ends put inside tube
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All welded up
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Parts list and price i paid
XJ drag link $13.50 x2
Tubing was about $20 for 5 feet. (funny that is more expensive than the tie rod)

Now to install it tonight and finally be able to control the front wheels with my steering wheel.

And it would be easy to beef up drag link on XJs by sleeving the rods.
 
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