Oh yes, you would need nuts to lock them to the tie rod, other
wise it would just unscrew and would change TI/TO and in the
worst case, unscrew completely. A factory tie rod would have
been made from a higher alloy and split with a clamp.
The type of set up that I've been talking about is quite typical
of that seen on street rod and race applications using this
type of tie rod end or Heim joints.
So your beginning to see that it taint a cheap modification to
make to the 3600 trucks. But it is a very positive set up and
as I said earlier, almost maintenance free compared to the
stock ends. If they need replacement in the future it's a half
hour job at a cost of around thirty bucks. Another advantage is
that if you need to replace one on a trip, the ends are
available at any auto parts store in any part of the country,
if not across the counter, at least within a couple of hours.
If you can believe it, I'm runnin' out of things to say bout
this mod, so I hope you got it figured out by now.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
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Last edited by Denny Graham; 02/09/2014 3:04 AM.
