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One thing I decided was I was not drilling out my spindle to install a bigger tie rod. No offense to any of the manufacturers that require this, it just was not something I wanted to do to my machine. So I looked at the Holz Kit and the Turnkey Kit.
Having installed the Holz kit I can say the Turnkey set is designed better and here is why.
One huge problem I had with the design of the Holz kit was that the tie rod had no reverse thread on either end. There was no notch on the tie rod to adjust the toe. So you had to take one of the ends off to adjust the alignment. I just thought this was crazy, when we first started spinning the tierod to adjust the alignment the rod was just moving back and forth across the tie rod ends.
When Talking with Adam at Turnkey they do have a reverse thread in one end. Also there is a notch in the tie rod you can use to adjust the toe with out having to take it off. The Holz kit does not it has a smooth shaft you have to take off to adjust the alignment. With the Turnkey you can just loosen the Jam nut and adjust as you need and tighten it back up.
Then Holz kit is nice and made with quality components, but they need to change the threading on one end. The turnkey kit has this already and proves to me they think of little things like this before putting their product out to market.
Wanted to let everyone know what I found out when looking at these two options for tie rods.
So +1 Adam on another fine product from Turnkey. Can't wait to see what you all come out with next!!
Having installed the Holz kit I can say the Turnkey set is designed better and here is why.
One huge problem I had with the design of the Holz kit was that the tie rod had no reverse thread on either end. There was no notch on the tie rod to adjust the toe. So you had to take one of the ends off to adjust the alignment. I just thought this was crazy, when we first started spinning the tierod to adjust the alignment the rod was just moving back and forth across the tie rod ends.
When Talking with Adam at Turnkey they do have a reverse thread in one end. Also there is a notch in the tie rod you can use to adjust the toe with out having to take it off. The Holz kit does not it has a smooth shaft you have to take off to adjust the alignment. With the Turnkey you can just loosen the Jam nut and adjust as you need and tighten it back up.
Then Holz kit is nice and made with quality components, but they need to change the threading on one end. The turnkey kit has this already and proves to me they think of little things like this before putting their product out to market.
Wanted to let everyone know what I found out when looking at these two options for tie rods.
So +1 Adam on another fine product from Turnkey. Can't wait to see what you all come out with next!!