Hi all, can anyone tell me if the inner and outer tie rod ends are a different size taper?
I suspect that my car has an outer tie rod end fitted to the inner lhs steering drag link.
It just does not seem to be anywhere near a satisfactory fit to me, the taper seems too large to fit into the drag link properly.
This was found because my car had a fair bit of play in the steering, and when I was checking where the excess play was coming from, I discovered that this tie rod end was loose in the taper. so I tightened it and it seemed to eliminate the play in that side, however when I was fitting a new drag link (crook ball joint in drag link on drivers side), I noticed that the tie rod was not a very good fit at all.
After removing the old drag link, the taper in the drag link seemed a bit flogged out, not sure if this is due to the wrong tie rod end or the fact that it was loose.
The drivers side inner tie rod seems to be a smaller taper than the pass side tie rod end.
Looking for clues from someone who has already been down this path.
All help and suggestions appreciated.
I suspect that my car has an outer tie rod end fitted to the inner lhs steering drag link.
It just does not seem to be anywhere near a satisfactory fit to me, the taper seems too large to fit into the drag link properly.
This was found because my car had a fair bit of play in the steering, and when I was checking where the excess play was coming from, I discovered that this tie rod end was loose in the taper. so I tightened it and it seemed to eliminate the play in that side, however when I was fitting a new drag link (crook ball joint in drag link on drivers side), I noticed that the tie rod was not a very good fit at all.
After removing the old drag link, the taper in the drag link seemed a bit flogged out, not sure if this is due to the wrong tie rod end or the fact that it was loose.
The drivers side inner tie rod seems to be a smaller taper than the pass side tie rod end.
Looking for clues from someone who has already been down this path.
All help and suggestions appreciated.