Tie rod
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olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Oh boy........
bsimon187
Member
I ran the MC tie rod for about a year. Put a good bend in it on a trail one day. I had the version before they made some changes, so not sure about the ones from the last year or so.
metalic
Member
I've heard nothing but good things about the currie. Mine is barely tweaked and will keep running it until it needs changed. I like to buy once cry once.
And thanks for rubbing it in about wheeling since I've been working. Lol
CREEPR
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TheStick
Member
I haven't heard of a redesign since they acknowledged a flaw in their design. Even if, I have a hard time seeing it worth the risk.
MR.Ty
Token East Coast Guy
bsimon187
Member
Not sure it was a redesign. Just heard they fixed the issues with a stronger metal or something. But then again not everything I read on the interwebs is true.
. I just know mine bent and I switched it with something stronger and beefier.
TheStick
Member
I have MC lift, but I'm not trusting they get it right the second time.
Spudcannons
New member
Currie joints are made in China. I found this out when I called them and several suspension manufactures looking for johnny joints that happened to be on a container ship stuck off the Pacific coast. Currie and Clayton told me this, Northridge as well. No opinion just fact.
I have seen a synergy tie rod take a hard hit after the driver climbed a ledge with too much gas at the top and hit a rock with the tie rod and it held up with no damage. You also seem to have missed that I have said that the Currie is the best. I have no loyalty to synergy and am in no way "butt hurt" over the product I purchased after seeing it preform and having Northridge 4x4 recommend it as well as local shops. I just find it odd you would give me a hard time over recommending an alternative that was a good choice if the OP did not wish to spend as much.
Why do you seem to dislike the synergy more than the rock krawler, Carolina metal master's or other alternatives mentioned here?
If you're happy with the ls you chose, great. I just have a different preference in Chevy engines and will go a different root.
mackey
Member
What I have learned from talking to so many experienced Jeepers, including Eddie is this: do it right the first time. Chances are your Currie tie rod will last longer. The synergy isn't a bad product, but why not get the best one and be done with it. Again I just did the Rubicon trip and talked to several people who bought the less expensive tie rods and ended up bending them and bought another one. For the same cost, why not get the Currie and be done with it.
When I took this photo of the very first Currie tie-rod in California, I was told they made it here in the USA.
If things have changed since then, it's news to me. That is not to say that other products they make aren't made in China.
Let me guess, you saw this at Rauch Creek? :yawn37:
You'll forgive me if I'm not impressed. :rolleyes2:
And, to that, I find it funny that you wouldn't recommend it the way I ALWAYS SEE YOU recommending something like Dynatrac for being the best instead of G2 or TeraFlex. I just figured it's odd that you would recommend one product for being the best and not another.
Fair enough, apparently you only recommend what you've been sold on by vendors. And really, that's cool. Me, I only recommend what I have found to be the BEST as I hate having to buy something twice and would hate for others to have to do the same. Unlike your vendors that you trust so much, I DON'T MAKE A DIME on anything I recommend but hey, if you trust them - more power to you. After all, who am I but a mall crawler with a forum :yup:
LOL!! I know you were a bit too butthurt to see the irony but I was just giving you a little shit for always recommending something like Dynatrac for being the best (which it really is) and then recommending something that's just cheaper because a bunch of vendors sold you on the idea that it's what you should buy.
Why do you seem to think that I dislike anything just because I choose to recommend what I personally think is the best? Just because you don't like what I have to recommend doesn't mean I "dislike" anything. And really, unless you use the products you choose to buy to measure manhood, who gives a shit what I think or recommend? :naw:
Ummm, good for you :thinking:
And, that's why I had said to just set your toe and call it a day. Honestly, if you don't have to spend ANY money, I would recommend that you don't. IF and when you decide to upgrade to something better, I personally would recommend Currie but honestly, it's your Jeep, your money and you can buy whatever you want. I honestly couldn't care less :yup:
As others have posted up, I'm not really a fan and for the reasons given. But, that's just me.
And really, when someone ask for an opinion, all I can do is give mine. If people don't like it, they don't have to take it. After all, what do I know. :yup:
JAGS
Hooked
Spudcannons
New member
When I took this photo of the very first Currie tie-rod in California, I was told they made it here in the USA.
If things have changed since then, it's news to me. That is not to say that other products they make aren't made in China.
Let me guess, you saw this at Rauch Creek? :yawn37:
You'll forgive me if I'm not impressed. :rolleyes2:
And, to that, I find it funny that you wouldn't recommend it the way I ALWAYS SEE YOU recommending something like Dynatrac for being the best instead of G2 or TeraFlex. I just figured it's odd that you would recommend one product for being the best and not another.
Fair enough, apparently you only recommend what you've been sold on by vendors. And really, that's cool. Me, I only recommend what I have found to be the BEST as I hate having to buy something twice and would hate for others to have to do the same. Unlike your vendors that you trust so much, I DON'T MAKE A DIME on anything I recommend but hey, if you trust them - more power to you. After all, who am I but a mall crawler with a forum :yup:
LOL!! I know you were a bit too butthurt to see the irony but I was just giving you a little shit for always recommending something like Dynatrac for being the best (which it really is) and then recommending something that's just cheaper because a bunch of vendors sold you on the idea that it's what you should buy.
Why do you seem to think that I dislike anything just because I choose to recommend what I personally think is the best? Just because you don't like what I have to recommend doesn't mean I "dislike" anything. And really, unless you use the products you choose to buy to measure manhood, who gives a shit what I think or recommend? :naw:
Ummm, good for you :thinking:
My fault for taking the friendly ribbing wrong way.
I do consider your input to be useful and helpful I just misinterpreted the comment as saying they had a bad product.
LOL!! What's sad is that this response of mine should be a GIVEN!
:cheesy: But WHY would you have taken it the wrong way? I'm always willing to go there with anyone who wants to take it there but really, NO HARM was intended when I made my very first response to you on this thread.
But really, EVEN IF I HAD said they had a "bad product" (which I DID NOT), who the hell cares! It's just MY opinion :yup:
JAGS
Hooked
Hey, don't YELL at me or I'm taking off my Wayalife stickers.
It is sad actually. Why should you be different than anyone else giving an opinion. I don't mean that in a bad way, but you know what I mean.
