Radius rod

I put the sleeve on one of the tierod ends and screwed it on untill the tierod end was about halfway through the sleeve. I put the tierod on the steering arm with the nut on hand tight.

Then I held the draglink along side the sleeve and marked it at the halfway mark at the sleeve. Then I cut the draglink end off and ground a bevel on the cutoff end of the draglink. Then I put the draglink in a hydraulic press and pressed the lefthand threaded end of the sleeve onto the draglink about halfway. Then I mig welded the draglink down the seam of the sleeve.

I put the tierod back on the sleeve about half way and put a clamp on the sleeve. I put the tierod draglink assembly back on the tractor and positioned the seam down so it doesn't show and tightened the clamp. Then I adjusted the front sleeve to get the wheels lined up. I haven't had any problems from it.

Darrel.

Zane

I have the same kind of draglinks you have. A couple of years ago when I restored my 49 8N, the front draglink ball joints were fine but the rear’s were in rough shape. I didn’t want to spend $200 + on draglinks, so I cut the rear joints and bought two new short draglink ends, cut them to the right length and welded them onto the long draglink. I worked very well and was much cheaper than buying new draglinks. HTH. Rick H. Ga.