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That wouldn't bother the local LTL shipping company. They'd simply fold that rod in half to make it fit. Unfortunately, here UPS has started handling freight in a similar fashion. Had to spend quality time with the hammer and dolly to make a bolt assortment bin usable last week.

At that price it's definitely in the not-worth-making-your-own category.

Look at it as insurance, a helmet, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, or a seat belt. Neither one is worth much...until you need it.

If you're looking for one, there's a listing for a used one on the big auction site that starts with an e. Don't use the word "torque" in your search and you should find it easily.

Unfortunately, there's no way I can look through a few thousand proof sheets (negatives for B&W photos) or about the same number of color slides. Yes, lots and lots of photos from the 80s and 90s. I don't even remember what shops those broken cases were in. And yes, it obviously takes something...

Are you hoping that someone will post that they don't help strengthen anything, or that they can make things worse? I'm hesitant to write this, for obvious reasons. but I have one 208 (and have had a few) with the rod. I have also seen split cases as a result of the chain wadding up. Sorry.

Not a single post refers to it as "useless". The debate seems to be about how useful it is, and for what. Okay, so here's one theory for why that rod exists. On civilian vehicles it serves to keep the big chunks from ending up on the highway when the chain in the 208 breaks the case in half...

Please. You shouldn't have posted that, Ken! Now there's two of us for them to hate.

No, apparently we aren't talking about the same one. I was referring to the rod shown in posts number 31 and 32, which appears to be basic bar stock and a mere 5/8" in diameter. And with the bend in it right before the two bolt holes for the transfer case, it really doesn't lend itself to any...

As you probably already knew, early Jeeps had a simple setup that worked in the correct plane for counteracting torque. Okay, it was likely more of a transfer case support than anything else, considering the whopping 105 lb.-ft. that the Go Devil engine produced.

So where we differ is that you say that the rod provides support vertically while I feel that it adds strength in the fore/aft direction. Well, mostly when under tension. To me, and using your body analogy, that would be like holding a weight with your arm stretched out, versus pulling (or...

No, I'm not. Never seen any of it, except for a short part of the video that cucvrus posted. Not only that, I lied. I don't think I've ever watched the Disney Channel, either. I should've written The Simpsons instead. That show I have seen several episodes of.

I may very well be missing something here, but with that rod being attached to the engine (for all practical purposes) in one end, and to the far right of the transfer case in the other end, it should all move as one unit. And I think it would do so with or without that rod - if all the parts...

You made me hook up speakers to the computer for that? I've seen more educational things on the Disney Channel.

I have not called either of the rods, side or bell housing, a "bad thing". Especially the lower bell housing rods are a very good thing, I think, as they create a truss that helps take stress out of the system. And as mentioned earlier, the side rod will most definitely help if the transfer case...

Sorry, I didn't invent the laws of physics. But I do live by them.

I agree. But we probably shouldn't call it a torque rod. It can't help counteract any rotational forces.

I don't think that rod can do squat to help in high horsepower applications. But if hitting the 'case on something (going in a forward direction) or if the front drive shaft is too long, then it could be worth its weight in gold. Well, almost.

Okay, my Suburban, with a 6.2/400/208, has the rod. The 1008 and 1031 doesn't. The real difference, I think, is that the Suburban doesn't have a skid plate. So if snagging a rock with the Sub's transfer case, the rod will be under tension (it's only strong direction) and can help keeping the...

Sorry, but I still don't get it. That brace is very strong when it comes to keeping the right side of the transfer case from moving rearwards, being a rod under tension. But the way I see it, the brace has marginal value in compression, and negligable strength if used to help keep the weight of...