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Where the heck is this line of thought coming from? Sorry, man, this is just silly. Think about it. You are actually saying that the Ford engineers designed the STEERING to be a weak link for safety reasons. There are plenty of things that can break and you can limp out, or get towed out. But you can't go anywhere with broken steering. So, you're saying that if I'm in my SaS'd Wildtrack hauling ass through the desert and I accidently hit a rock at speed that the steering is designed to break first as the weak link for safety reasons. Really, not trying to be difficult here, but think about it, the steering being a designed weak link makes no sense at all....also, a tie rod failure is a good thing. it is a weak link for a reason. it keeps you from doing much worse damage. it is like a crush zone on the body, it is sacrificed so the damage is not worse to the vehicle or the occupants. if there is anyone who tries to fault ford, they are the errant ones. this failure is an engineered safety.
if you are looking for a specialty rock crawling vehicle, the prudent method would be to build a dedicated purpose vehicle. there is a reason for trailers...
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