Blitzkrieg Motorsports Chevy HD Tie Rod Kit - No More Weak Link

The BMS tie rods bolt into the stock location with no modifications necessary. The fabricated center section can be custom made to fit your aftermarket suspension system. The kit shown here is for a stock-width Chevy HD. As if looks alone didn't convince you of the strength of this setup, it includes a 3/4-inch inner Heim joint, 7/8-inch outer Heim, machined inner clevis with adapter bolt, Tig welded, uses 1 1/2- x .120-wall 4130 tube and has a head-treated 4140 spindle adapter pin. No drilling of the spindles is required. The spindle adapter pin is not included or needed in the 2WD kit.

The install was a piece of cake. First, we jacked the truck up and secured it with a pair of jack stands on each side of the vehicle. We then removed the tire and loosened the outer tie rod bolt to break it free from the spindle.

The inner factory tie rod bolt is rather large and required the use of a crescent wrench. Once we removed the factory tie rod we sprayed some carb cleaner inside the inner bolt hole to be sure we removed any left over factory Lock-Tite.

Blitzkrieg asked us to inform readers that you must run red Lock-Tite on the inner mounting bolt before securing it to your truck.

Slide in the inner clevis mount and bolt in place. There are no torque specifications-just try and get it as tight as you can by hand.

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After removing the boot, you can see how small the factory ball joint is. The center section actually tapers down just before the ball.

Slide the adapter pin into the spindle with the narrowest section in first from the bottom up.

Grab a wrench to hold everything in place and tighten everything down, nice and snug.

Next, we slid the Heim mounts in place and bolted the tie rod in place. To be sure you keep all of the included hardware in order. We suggest you lay them out accordingly as you disassemble the kit during install.

Once the outer portion of the tie rod is in place you can slide the inner Heim into place. The entire install took us 20 minutes per side. Please consult your included instructions before performing this installation yourself. The kit retails for $550.