Is it ok to drive?
03-21-2010, 01:36 AM
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Is it ok to drive?
I did some rock crawling today and i bent my tie rod. (the longest one). I drove it back home 10 miles or so with out any problems but while turning sharp i can feel it up front real bad. Will I hurt anything driving it around town for a few days until I replace it?
03-21-2010, 06:28 AM
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yea the thing is that it is just like having a bad alignment when u have a bent tie rod, but if it bends more or breaks under stress...it could cause u to crash at speeds over 10 miles per hour. when it breaks your driver-side wheel will go all the way to the left or right and cause u to swerve off the road
03-21-2010, 10:46 AM
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for a temp fix you could try putting a jack under it and bending it back into shape. we did it to my little brother in laws toyota the other night, his was a LOT worse
03-21-2010, 10:55 AM
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Probably a leaking rear main.
03-21-2010, 11:16 AM
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03-21-2010, 11:18 AM
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You could have dont the trail mod of beating a high lift jack handle over it to straiten it out, but odds are you won't get your handle back!!! lol
03-21-2010, 11:22 AM
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instead of just getting a stock replacement knows the time to upgrade. that's what i do when ever i break something i just get the upgrade. as much as i dis like rustys and some other places just cant think of the name... good bend tho 
03-21-2010, 01:32 PM
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