problem new outer tie rod hiting inner tie rod
02-13-2010, 07:37 PM
#1
Supreme Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: chicago IL
Posts: 1,204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car: 91 formula
Engine: 350 tuned port. bolt ons
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73
problem new outer tie rod hiting inner tie rod
so I installed a new moog outer tie rod end and for some reson its alittle to long. I just need to clear one more thread turn and im home free but its already touching the inner tierod. so what im i to do. should i grind it down? would having it with 1 less thread turn really matter? before i took my old tie rod off i counted 6 threads and with the new one on i count 7.
02-13-2010, 07:43 PM
#2
Supreme Member
iTrader: (14)
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 12,650
Likes: 0
Received 44 Likes
on
42 Posts
Car: 86 Trans Am, 92 Firebird
Engine: 408 sbc, 3.1L of raw power
Transmission: TKO600, T5
Axle/Gears: Moser 9", 3:70 trutac, 3:23 torsion
Re: problem new outer tie rod hiting inner tie rod
should have measured, they could be longer or shorter, the threads wouldn't matter then.
grind the end down a bit, there's usually a round bump on the end that you can flatten out without damaging the threads. Gat an alignment afterward anyway
grind the end down a bit, there's usually a round bump on the end that you can flatten out without damaging the threads. Gat an alignment afterward anyway
02-15-2010, 06:35 PM
#3
Supreme Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: chicago IL
Posts: 1,204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car: 91 formula
Engine: 350 tuned port. bolt ons
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Re: problem new outer tie rod hiting inner tie rod
but would it mess thinks up if it was one thread off?
02-15-2010, 07:34 PM
#4
Supreme Member
iTrader: (14)
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 12,650
Likes: 0
Received 44 Likes
on
42 Posts
Car: 86 Trans Am, 92 Firebird
Engine: 408 sbc, 3.1L of raw power
Transmission: TKO600, T5
Axle/Gears: Moser 9", 3:70 trutac, 3:23 torsion
Re: problem new outer tie rod hiting inner tie rod
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ambainb
Camaros for Sale
11
04-25-2016 09:21 PM