Thanks for the order Ty! I have LOTS of WD21 CLs in stock and ready to ship out. I also have a few X and Frontier CLs ready to ship out. Just let me know what I can do for you.

hoohaa, looks really nice!! Nice beads!!

I now that most of the people on the board are in the US but up here in BC Canada welded steering components are a no-no and you will not pass a Vehicle Inspection with them. Same thing with replacing a taper fit TRE with a non taper fit component.

JP

Hmm, I don't know much about that. I do know that I have at least three folks running my centerlinks in Canada currently.

Put a stocker TRE on for an inspection, then put the "fix" on after

Hoohaa centerlinks are da bomb

I'm just pointing that out. I don't want someone to come back and say WTF I failed my VI. I have nothing against your centre links or L&P for that matter. Up here VI's aren't mandatory - usually if the cops don't like the way your truck looks they will stick you with a VI notice. Solid axle Toyotas and Jeeps are their main targets.

JP

Xterra centerlinks are welded from the factory.

Are you making gusseted idler arms and pitman arms also?? What about i/a braces? Probably good products to add to your setups.

That Canadian VI thing sounds weird, especially if front end parts are welded from the factory. The new CLs don't stand out anyway, the only diff is the new ends, so they look OEM-ish unless you know.

I don’t understand about welded components. Almost all parts manufactured on a car are welded during manufacturing.

Now I understand home made welded components failing any inspection.

making welded idler arms and pitman arms wouldnt be hard to make at all. cut a piece of plate and weld it to the arm. and the idler arm brace would be stupid easy to make. its just 2 pieces of angle welded together, a notch in it and 3 holes drilled it. im angry at myself for actually buying one.

and why would welded steering components not be allowed? i dont get it. i mean as long as its welded correctly, its going to be safe. and i kno that hoohaa's welds look pretty damn good.

TY, I agree that the IA brace is pretty damn simplistic, especially the one that AC sells. At least the one from L&P had the angle iron situated more cleanly. Still unless you have a welder and the time to mock it up and then fab it together, it is not all that outrageous to just buy it.

If I saw people breaking lots of pitman and idler arms (the arm itself, not the bushings and pivot) I would probably come up with something a little beefier, probably just end up doing what someone here on N4W already had done, just welding 1/2" plate around the pitman to reinforce it. To my knowledge the stock idler and pitman arms are very strong though. I haven't heard of many people breaking them at all. I don't want to offer something that isn't really necessary, you know? As it sits the TREs seem to function as a nice fuse for the steering system. They go out before something more critical like a pitman or knuckle or sector shaft suddenly fails without warning. Folks would be better off spending that extra $$ on some other part of the truck, like manual hubs or tires or something.

I have definitely thought about making idler arm braces. I don't think I could really improve on what is already offered by AC and others though, so I haven't really rushed to do this.

It appears to me that the brace was more about preventing the shaft from bending rather than the actual arm itself.

Right, "IABs" (Idler Arm Braces) only reinforce the pivoting shaft of the idler arm. But, folks have also reinforced the pitman and idler arms themselves by welding additional material around the arms. L&P created a sort of "double shear" brace for these arms. If I saw a need for this reinforcement I would do it, but I haven't seen anything that leads me to believe it is necessary.