Description
1 x Heavy Duty STAINLESS STEEL Steering Longitudinal Bar, Steering Box to Steering Relay (SUMOBARS) & 2 Greasable Track Rod Ends
Please select from the Drop Down Menu if you want this kit supplied with our Heavy Duty Track Rod Ends, Delphi Track Rod Ends or Lemforder Track Rod Ends
Our Heavy Duty Greasable Track Rod Ends are the HEAVIEST DUTY Track Rod Ends that we do, they are fitted with standard Rubber Boots, we have upgrade Polyurethane Boots available as an optional extra that you can fit if you want, we would recommend you fit these, please click HERE to see them. These track rod ends will require painting if you don’t want them to rust. If you would like to see the full description for the Heavy Duty Track Rod Ends, please see here – SUMO-RH-HD-TRE
Our Delphi Track Rod Ends are also Greasable, they have Painted Bodies and come ready fitted with our upgrade Polyurethane Boots. If you would like to see the full description for the Delphi Track Rod Ends, please see here – SUMO-RH-DELPHI-TRE
Our Lemforder Track Rod Ends are greasable, painted in black, and come fitted with our upgraded Polyurethan boot along with our Stainless Steel boot clip. If you would like to see the full description for the Lemforder Track Rod Ends, please see here – SUMO-RH-LEMFODER-TRE
This is the short steering bar that fits from the steering box by the bulkhead to the steering relay in the chassis.
Part No:- SUMO-SS-525-2TRE-HD, Series Drag Link Kit, Stainless Steel
Part No:- SUMO-SS-525-2TRE-DELPHI, Series Drag Link Kit, Stainless Steel
Part No:- SUMO-SS-525-2TRE-LEMFORDER, Series Drag Link Kit, Stainless Steel
Weight:- 5KG
Manufacturer:- Gwyn Lewis 4×4 SUMOBARS, these are made in the UK not cheaper imports.
Fits:- Land Rover Series 3
This conversion uses our STAINLESS STEEL Steering Bars, (SUMO-SS) they are 30mm solid 303 Stainless Steel bars, these bars are the strongest in the Sumobars range as stainless offers much greater strength, it is 1.5 times stronger than steel, these bars can be used from on-road to extreme off-road use.
When fitting the SUMO LOCK NUTS onto the track rod ends use plenty of grease on the threads, this will prevent the nuts seizing onto the track rod ends, (cold welding) or (Galling) this is common with stainless steel fixings, but use plenty of grease will prevent the problem from happening, we use MORRIS K48 grease, see HERE.
A rough measurement of the Longitudinal bar length before fitting is centre of track rod end to centre of track rod end 621mm to 624mm.
A rough measurement of the Drag Link bar length before fitting is centre of track rod end to centre of track rod end 782mm to 785mm.
A rough measurement of the Track Rod bar length before fitting is centre of track rod end to centre of track rod end 1157mm to 1160mm.
SUMOBARS are the original Heavy Duty Steering Bars and arguably still the best, they are used all around the world from on road, off road, comp safari to extreme off road.
We now manufacture 2 types of steering bars.
SUMO-HD—-These are made from 30mm solid EN8 engineering grade CARBON STEEL BAR, designed to be used by all, on & off road.
SUMO-SS—-These are made from 30mm solid 303 STAINLESS STEEL BAR, these bars are the strongest bar in the sumobars range as stainless offers much greater strength, it is 1.5 times stronger than steel, these bars can be used from on road to extreme off road use, they are also supplied with stainless steel locking nuts.
All our sumobars are supplied with locking nuts, the sumobar LOCK NUTS are full nuts (not like the cheaper copies which come with half nuts), this is for strength and security with less chance of rounding the nut whilst tightening them, the steel nuts are 24mm and the stainless steel nuts are 27mm, both ends of the sumobars have machined flats for ease of tightening the lock nuts to the bar and the right hand thread is easily identified with a grove machined around the bar and the lock nut.
Please remember all SUMOBARS are made from engineering grade steel, not to be confused with cheaper copy bars made from a low grade of mild steel.
All threads on the bars are double checked and are greased with WURTH corrosion-protecting aluminium-copper paste, this will stop the track rod ends seizing in the bars at a later date.
Series 3:
Longitudinal (Steering Box to Steering Relay)
Sumo 525
Requires one Right Hand and one Left Hand Track Rod End
Drag Link (Front steering bar)
Sumo 695
Requires one Right Hand and one Left Hand Track Rod End
Track Rod (Rear steering bar)
Sumo 1060
Requires one Right Hand and one Left Hand Track Rod End
