Speaking of abuse.....

[Trash Panda]

Fun fact, you can take a carbon water filter element (like a refrigerator) make a taper part on the lathe and use that to keep the weld out of the taper.
I've done it several times on parts broken across a hole.

That is actually brilliant.

 

[skeets]

OK so 5 beans for the case and lots of naughty words, thats not cheap, but better than a new tractor I guess

 

[GeoHorn]

I had not considered welding IN the tapered-hole. I’d grind a notch along the break and on the vertical-edges of the break…and weld That Area…. not the hole itself. (but, as I’ve already admitted…I’m not a Real Welder…. I just burn rods and wire with a degree of ignorance.)

 

[snoeproe]

It can be welded. A skilled welder can get it done.
It appears to have hammer marks on the tie rods? Maybe heat marks from a torch?
makes me wonder.

 

[TheOldHokie]

It can be welded. A skilled welder can get it done.
It appears to have hammer marks on the tie rods? Maybe heat marks from a torch?
makes me wonder. I would no

Of course it can be welded. But can even a "skilled welder" do it without distorting the self locking taper in that hole or leaving a void thst will spread when the taper is tightened? I think thats going to be a real challenge without some way to ream the hole after welding. Just how much money are you going to save trying to glue it back together and how confident are you of the result?

And yeah - I think someone probably broke it trying to separate that taper

Dan

 

[biketopia]

Weld it, ream it, hope it holds together . Next time, don't hit it so hard when trying to remove the tie-rod.

https://www.maxpeedingrods.com/product/performanece-ball-joint-rood-for-1-12-per-foot-reamer.html?tracking=googleshoppingUS&code=USD