RE: [ihc] lineset questions

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The tie rod protectors I have seen on D series pickups and Travelalls
are a kind of ugly, homemade looking deal.  I think the ones I saw were
factory, because they looked identical.  Somebody was with me (Mike
Bolton?) and verified that they had seen others just like them.  I can't
really begin to describe them other than they were angle iron and
homemade looking.  Definitely beefy, just not real pretty.

My point is, they are something different than the steering stabilizers.
I'm not real sure I have seen a factory steering stabilizer on a D
series, not to say there isn't such a thing.  

Definitely different than the bar between the front shackles on Scout II
also. 

Ed Sohm
Battle Creek, IA 

'71 800 B
'74 200 4X4 Travelette Camper Special
+ a bunch more

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
John Hofstetter
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:28 PM
To: Mac @ TRIAD; ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: Re: [ihc] lineset questions


At 9:27 PM -0700 11/6/03, Mac @ TRIAD wrote:
>okay, so i'm looking at the linesets for my two TravelAlls, in trying
to
>find information on Rocky's windscreen trim questions.
>
>as i'm scanning the 1110's lineset, i see something i've never noticed
>before.  the eighth item down the list, below the axle and locking hub
>listings, it says "02930 0004 D  tie rod protector".  now this truck
happens
>to have one of those steering stabilizer shocks mounted on it.  would
that
>"tie rod protector" listing be for one of those types of steering
shocks?
>or is it for something else?
>
>granted, these aren't the original axles from the truck.  these could
have
>come with a stabilizer, or it could have been added later.  what i want
to
>know is...  what is a "tie rod protector" as listed on the lineset?
>
>--Mac

Funny thing about your post, Mac, is that for 25 years or so, I 
called that "thing" on my Scout as my tie rod protector, because 
looking at form and function that is probably what it does best.

Digesters told me that I was miscalling the thing, and I conceded 
that it also held the two front springs in alignment, so that it 
didn't have to be a tie rod protector.

But, no, they aren't referring to the steering shock device. I don't 
remember specifically what the tie rod protector looked like on my 
1210, but it came with no steering stabilizing shock.

John Hofstetter