RE: [ihc] Tie Rod Placement

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Shubin
>Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:34 AM
>To: ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: [ihc] Tie Rod Placement

>Can the Scout II tie rod be moved from the bottom of the knuckles to the
top
>of the knuckles?  I've been working out the post lift quirks on my Scout II
>and have pretty much everything else mounted up high and out of the way
>except the tie rod.  I would just pull it and see but the caked on grease
is
>protecting the ends of the rods from the elements and preventing me from
>seeing if the ends of the rod are tapered.

They are tapered. D and C Extreme sells adapters with a straight outer wall
and an interior taper. You drill/ream the tapered holes in the knuckles, and
insert the 'flipserts' with the major diameter of the taper facing up.

Jim