Dinky? Did you see the pictures of my accident and the damage it caused to everything but the links and heims? Not that Im bragging about the accident, that was my own unfortunate stupidity. lol You also have to remember that its 1-1/4 from flat to flat on hex material, 1.44 from point to point and I have never bent a link. I honestly dont see it very likely at all unless your running a 6,000LB buggy.
But thats fine, just so you know. I can customize my kit directly for your aplication. You would just have to pay the difference in steel. My kit will also push your front end an inch or more forward.
Well, see here's the issue you need numbers to back up claims.
When you do the math on your solid hex stock you'll see that the strength is actually way way less than that of even what most people use for steering linkage (1.5" OD x 0.250"wall tube).
Here is some math:
I'll spare you the details but the section modulus (S) of the following are (look up the formulas if you want to test these, I'm not typing them all out):
Hex through center on flats: 5999.4 in^3
Hex through center on corners: 6922.4 in^3
1.5" OD x 0.250"wall tube through center: 7839.2 in^3
1.75" OD x 0.375"wall tube through center: 13858.9 in^3
2" OD x 0.250"wall tube through center: 15828.9 in^3
Right away you can see how significant the difference is, but some real world numbers lets find the point load before the links would start to bend or fail. Obviously these numbers are just static and not impacts (like landing on a rock). We shall use a length of 30" for all of them.
We know that P (point load) = 4M (maximum bending moment) / L (length)
Where M = s
·S
Where s = allowable bending stress) = .55 x yield strength
We shall use the yield strength for 1018 steel which is ~53700psi
Solving for those gets us the following point loads:
Hex through center on flats: 799.92 lbs
Hex through center on corners: 922.9 lbs
1.5" OD x 0.250"wall tube through center: 1045.2 lbs
1.75" OD x 0.375"wall tube through center: 1847.7 lbs
2" OD x 0.250"wall tube through center: 2110.5 lbs
Again, just the facts here.