bent tie rod

[TForan]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( His dealer has the part, no problem!
I have a cow catcher on my CK, it's called a FEL. )</font>

I agree. if you are going into un-charted territory,keep the FEL down. And that's coming from the bent tie rod pioneer! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[BigDogues]

Yes, I agree. Learned my lesson, the hard way /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif.

 

[HODAK]

I thought we were talking about one part??? And yes, I would say there was some venting going on, (that's fine). My point was that I don't believe it is fair to judge because of availability on ONE part. I guess time will tell the real story.

Have a nice weekend! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[DrewL]

I don't believe it is fair to judge because of availability on ONE part.

true........but the part is not some obscure left handed axle housing gear pin actuator. By the direction of this thread I'm glad I was able to repair bent tie rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I don't believe it is fair to judge because of availability on ONE part.

true........but the part is not some obscure left handed axle housing gear pin actuator. By the direction of this thread I'm glad I was able to repair bent tie rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )</font>


Just an observation here but it is not ONE part. Just on this forum there are 6 or 7 tractors with the SAME bent part. Now realizing that TBN users are a small minority of tractor owners, it seems reasonable to believe that there are more bent tie rods than just these 6 or 7 and it also seems reasonable to believe that it is a fairly common problem for this model given the reports here.

 

[RedRocker]

I think the common problem is hitting objects sticking up higher than the tie rod. It would be nice if it were higher up, I moved all my Jeep steering gear up for that reason.

 

[sammi]

Gee...Kinda new here...just took delivery of my Ck20 TLB...glad I got that one rather then the CK30...not sure I really want to worry about getting a left handed axle housing gear pin actuator

Can anyone tell me what that does and if I really need to know?
Thanks

 

[HODAK]

Sammi, thanks for making me smile this morning.

To the others.....When I said one part, I meant one piece of the tractor. If there are 6 or 7 bent rods, to me that is one part on 6 or 7 different tractors. This thread is about one part of the tractor and it's unavailability, (or did I miss something)?

Oh well, looking forward to cuuting and hauling some firewood this morning while it's cool. I'll keep an eye out for stumps too. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Highbeam]

Good news. I replaced the tie rod with the pirated part and got to work on some side jobs. I mowed 6 acres of eye high on the tractor thistle, fescue, and other weeds in to a nice pulp for 10 hours, that field was not smooth. Then hit about a half acre of 8 foot tall blackberries for about 4 hours.

We have a thing in the off-road motorcycle world called monkey butt. A bouncy tractor for 10 hours causes monkey butt.

My tie rod.... still straight. I was extremely **** about not running over anything that wasn't flat and I must have checked that tie rod once per hour.

 

[DrewL]

Just an observation here but it is not ONE part. Just on this forum there are 6 or 7 tractors with the SAME bent part.



right, one part, multiple damaged machines but one part. I'm glad you agree. The left handed axle housing gear pin actuator is made up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif