Here's a pic of my new tie rod after my first trip out with Hydro Assist. Both jam nuts loosened (need to tack them also) and my tie rod rotated down. In the process of rotating down, my bracket made contact with the U-Bolt plate before the ram was fully extended. I didn't even notice but here's the result.
Make sure you have enough space for the ram to fully extend, even in flexed out situations. The nice part was I didn't break a TRE (no spares), break or bend my knuckle studs (no spares in my toolbox that day), or break the bracket (my welds held up
).
I'm not sure if the tack welds are nessesary but I didn't want the pinch bracket to slip so a couple of tacks for insurance. It's not hard to grind off the tacks if need be.
