DIY Kafer Brace

[Steve C]

Hi

Im going to use tie rods for my brace when I get to that point. The good thing is if you need to trim them down in lenght, if you only cut the right hand thread side you will only need to buy a right hand thread tap which are much easier to find and cheaper to buy than left hand thread taps.

As far as hooking it up the ends to the tie rod threads, you could either leave the tierod as is and weld a tapered section onto the anchor or just have some U shaped clevis ends made up and weld them to the threaded section of a tie rod after you cut off the nuckle.

Steve

[Steve C]

Hi

Also if you can have different thread pitches but still right hand thread at each end of a rod, this will give adjustable lenght as well.

Steve

[zeroaxe]

I had a look at work today at some old tie end rods. And from shock mount to shock mount the longest one I found will be too short. I assume that this wold be the case with just about any tierod out there from any manufacturer... But I cant imagine this being too much of a problem as it can be chopped in half and the extra piece welded in, no?

Thanks so far for all the input! :agree:

[Bruce2]

Since you will have to do some welding anyway, why not extend the length of the tie rod?

[Steve C]

Hi

I would have thought that the long tie rod on the beam front ends would be long enought for between the shock tower.

Steve

[zeroaxe]

Steve C,

Sorry, you lost me there... Are you referring to a certain model Bug?

[Steve C]

Hi

The beam front end beetles (ball joint or king & link) have different lenght tie rods, the passenger side is very long. It may be suitable for the rod between the shocks.

Steve

[Bruce2]

He's talking about the one on the passenger side of a Standard Beetle.