what HD steering bars

i want some hd steering bars as mine are well bent seen these are cheap but they sat they are a solid bar and harder to bent i thought tubes are harder to bend do u think i should buy a set ?Mail Order 4x4 Steering Bars

I got the heavy duties from paddocks, done the job, tough as nails. Not expensive and easy to fit.

Duncydoo said:

I got the heavy duties from paddocks, done the job, tough as nails. Not expensive and easy to fit.

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same here. I bent my original steering bars into a Z. I haven't managed to damage the HD ones.......yet.

I bought the HD ones from mail order 4x4 a couple of days ago, they've been fitted today and are fine, greasable ends and everything.

it's all well and good fitting HD steering bars,but has anybody given a thought to whats going to break if you steering rods can't bend,personnally I'd rather fit a standard steering tube ,if it gets bent it can be removed and straightened reasonably enough to get you home,if the rods cant bend ,something far more serious might break,just my thought and experiance

defenderwayne said:

it's all well and good fitting HD steering bars,but has anybody given a thought to whats going to break if you steering rods can't bend,personnally I'd rather fit a standard steering tube ,if it gets bent it can be removed and straightened reasonably enough to get you home,if the rods cant bend ,something far more serious might break,just my thought and experiance

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Just out of curiosity what did you break when your HD steering rods didn't bend?

ratty said:

Just out of curiosity what did you break when your HD steering rods didn't bend?

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The arm on the swivel pin housing broke ,managed to winch/drag the landy off the lane and back onto the road,then phoned RAC,who wern't that impressed.

ive since fitted a standard T/R and just carry the HD one as a spare if the standard one is so bad it can't be straightened

defenderwayne said:

The arm on the swivel pin housing broke ,managed to winch/drag the landy off the lane and back onto the road,then phoned RAC,who wern't that impressed.

ive since fitted a standard T/R and just carry the HD one as a spare if the standard one is so bad it can't be straightened

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I haven't heard of anyone doing that before. Are you sure you didn't hit the actual housing rather than the steering bars?

ratty said:

I haven't heard of anyone doing that before. Are you sure you didn't hit the actual housing rather than the steering bars?

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nope ,i ran into a fecking great tree stump in the dark,no idea why i didn't see it,i know its there as its a lane ive driven before :doh:

defenderwayne said:

nope ,i ran into a fecking great tree stump in the dark,no idea why i didn't see it,i know its there as its a lane ive driven before :doh:

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Summit tells me that if you hit a tree stump with most parts of a landy summit is gonna break.

yep your right,mine just happened to be the swivel housing,