tucker74
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So I did a birf job on my 40 this weekend and everything went great, until I got to what I thought would be the easy part. I bought a set of new "555" tie rod ends and everything just doesn't seem right. The cross-link ends (large dia) more or less just fell into my steering arms, if I tighten them down the cotter pins don't stab the nuts ... but if not they are loose? The ones I pulled seemed really seated, so I don't know what to think here. Secondly, the relay rod end will not seat into the cast piece in the cross link ... any trick to getting this seated. I buggered up two nuts trying to pull this in, but only have about 2 threads showing.
I should note I swapped knuckles to large pattern knuckles/steering arms during this project (don't know if that makes a difference or not). Tie rod kit is supposedly fits '69-'83 ...
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Tucker
I should note I swapped knuckles to large pattern knuckles/steering arms during this project (don't know if that makes a difference or not). Tie rod kit is supposedly fits '69-'83 ...
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Tucker