I started cleaning up my Tie Rod yesterday. I power brushed it to knock off the paint and then chucked it in the lathe to knock down the burrs from pipe wrenches over the years. I didn't turn it down, I only used sand cloth and a file. This rod came from my 46 parts truck. It was in the best shape out of the 3 I had. I ran to Lowes this morning and grabbed some PVC caps for the 1" PVC scrap that I had around the shop. I will wipe the tie rod down with some acetone, let it dry, then put it in the tube and fill the tube with Evaporust to stew for a few days.
