I don't have any dogs in this hunt but why is it that I get a feeling of deep satisfaction seeing American industry, American ingenuity and good people helping other people.
@@mutilatedpopsicles, Unfortunately, everything made in USA is higher priced. I hate to say it, but in a couple of years China will have counterfeited it for a much lower price.
China has already counterfeited it, but our US path keeps it out of the US. of course I’m trying to get Price down but materials and American labor just cost more
Nice product! I watched the original broadcast on Matts channel and thought what a cool product that was. Nice to see the maker respond to it being used in the field.
I saw Matt's video shortly after it came out and thought it was amazingly easy to install on the trail. Great idea for fixing a common problem. Hope you sell thousands.
It's so cool to see the off-road community coming together and using products that work and are real world tested. Now it's something you should add to your toolbox or bag .
Use 3 heavy stainless half-pipes of different sizes back welded into a triangle and six U-bolts. Rotate to best pipe matching your broken part and insert U bolts! Can clamp everything from SXS to Semi's, and can possibly also "fix" shifters, seats, doors, or even your tent or shovel, attach a temporary pulley to a roll cage for a pulling or tie down point, etc. VERY COOL AND USEFUL AND FITS IN YOUR TOOLBOX!
Well done... gives me motivation to produce some of my ideas for use in the off-road market.... A universal unit would be something I'd buy ... I understand all are Bronco ppl but love to see same product for jeeps too ....
My understanding is that things like tie-rods and spindle are designed to break to allow the wheel to separate from the vehicle in a crash so that the wheel will not compromise the cabin. So this is a trade-off of replacing a part or safety.
these are designed for off road rigs that break the tie rods on the rocks, if you get into a crash on the highway that is forceful enough to rip your tire off, i doubt this brace is gonna be what causes any extra injury or damage.
Good luck! I’d second the Rivian as the product after the recovery unit is done. Generally the Rivian owners are interested in tweaking and accessorizing their vehicles. You might even put a package together with the Rivian set and a recovery set (complete with the tools to install and a case that fits in the frunk of the Rivian) for sale.
Giving Matt those will generate far more free advertising than the cost to you. I can see the universal ones going out to the RU-vid off road recovery guys as getting you huge exposure. It works for Allan at Yankum Rope. Best of luck.
Please think about making it for other parts that you see breaking out on their recovery too. You have a great product.. I seen a video of heavy duty tie rods that people have been buying. Make sure you put your own out there.
To make a universal one don't try and make each side rectangular instead make the top and bottoms a wedge shape with multiple different hole spacings. So you can slide the top left and the bottom to theright or vice versa and whenever they line up correctly just put some bolts through it and there you go. Just remember to make the hole through the center of the two wedges and oval not a circle
Question: I have Level Up tie rod sleeves on my OEMs now. Have you seen failure of sleeves under same conditions? (I do not have your rack reinforcement. I purchased the sleeves to reinforce, as I am not yet into heavy off road use - yet. )
You made a superior product. $400 seems high, but then everything is expensive these days. I would imagine one recovery by Matt or Trail Mater or Fab Rats would probably show that as a cheap investment.
Maybe consider a simple assortment of shims to go with the original product. Of course that would not solve the issue if the tie-rod was thicker, but the thicker ones are less likely to fail in the first place. Thom
Great idea! Take $30 worth of bulk aluminum and do the R&D and charge $300 for a trail bandaid. Ford's tie rod was obviously designed by a non-wheeler.
Kudos to you for identifying a need in the market and designing a product to meet that need. Can't believe Ford, well, actually I can, knows they have an inferior product and still.... crickets.....
Has the bronco taken over the coveted title of TRAIL CLOGGER from the hummer? I am glad ford built such a weak link that you developed a product to fix the problem!
No I’ve tried all of the “better” components and this has remained the best solution. Most durable (100% success rate) easiest ( no alignment needed) and most economical
0:16 Dude if you are going to dramatise a scene go all in or don’t bother. Have a flash light, some tools, a creeper, some dirt on your hands. It’s off putting when it’s not done properly or at least tongue in cheek. Edit tongue and cheek is preferable. I liked the video, the product is good. Just production issues.
Tie rods are designed to break. In the event of a bad crash, the wheel doesn’t force itself into the cab. Same way cars use tempered glass all over except the windshield so firefighters can get into a car to extract people.
Well thanks Matt for helping this non appreciate person who said all the things he thinks you did wrong then say it doesn't matter just get off the trail What an ego imbarresed you had to be saved?
You should have a brainstorming with TomTom how is a rocket engineer for real and see what you can come up with together as a universal recovery set 🤔🤗😇
I wonder whether you could adapt the principle to the medical and veterinary arena. People break their arms and legs, and a device to brace and support the injured limb before transport to medical services would be useful. Maybe after surgery (if necessary), a brace similar to the tierod brace could replace plaster casts (also with an adaptor (for medical use), so a limb could be braced above and below the break) should it be necessary to remove the limb brace and examine the limb. Thus, the hassle of cutting off plaster casts then replacing them and waiting for them to dry disappears. There's also equine veterinary potential - if a device can be created to support a horse's leg following a break, and during recovery, then current practice of euthanizing horses because there's (currently) no means to enable them to stand could end or be significantly reduced. Good luck with your product.
In 1977 I had a compound fracture happen when I was at a wrestling meet in junior high. They put a clear plastic sleeve over my arm and blew it up. It was the most pain I can ever remember at that time. It held my arm with both bones exposed together on the 1.5 hour trip to the hospital. It was called an "air splint".
Ya, they marketed the Bronco to be a direct competitor to the Wrangler, so you would think they would overengineer the thing to survive the abuse. The extra cost would have been well worth it to build the brand back up again. Between causing confusion by releasing the Bronco Sport early and these tie rod issues they really shot themselves in the foot.
I'm A blacksmith and I study the history of blacksmithing. Just understand that I'm not against anything. I love that you made this tool that makes life easier for folks. However, using a clamshell design to hold an iron rod together is nothing new, That's a quick and dirty repair job to get something back in the field asap and make proper repairs later. I actually saw an ancient pre Roman British chariot with the same kinda clamshell repair on the axle. The only difference was it was riveted together.
