Was just wondering if anyone knows where the hexagonal tie rods came from and if they are still available?
Warren Phillip-Clarke SHRECK Motorsport "It's All Good!" Ph: 0401694264 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew smith Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tie rod ends I thought i would warn people that have extended lower control arms that the tie rods ends that they are starting to sell are around 12mm storter than they should be which means even less thread holding them on when the control arms are lengthened.I was rebuilding the front end and thought i would change the ball joints and tie rod ends while i did the brakes.I ordered in 2 tie rod ends (TE437L&R) and when they tuned up one was the right length and the other the new shorter type.It seems that they are not making them for the 1600 anymore so they have substituted something else into that part number.They ended up sending down every brand they had but they were all the short variety.I had to ring around everywhere and eventually found someone that had old stock with the long ones. --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
