I think you are right 4onthefloor. Here is another picture with the old tube rod removed and the new solid rod and new tie rod ends laid out. If I could get couplers, and cut the thing down, and still have enough threaded meat on the bar...maybe.
The bar diameter seems to be smaller than than the threaded bit.
Dog poop. Would have liked to get better. Oh well.
http://home.attbi.com/~iarnstein/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-523160.html
