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i have used L series lower control arms and hubs on the MY Monsterwagon and now the steering rack is too short

i have been told that the EA71 tie rod ends are longer,
does anyone know how much longer?
and if so can they sell me some?.


or is there any other car with longer ends to do the trick?

cheers for your help

Johnnie, even early and late model Brumbys have different length tie rod ends.
I have got two different sets for an 86, it must be about the changeover year.

Hows it coming along big fella?

Are you going West??

going to be struggling to make the west coast in the monsterwagon.. but its getting there slowly

just did some measuring

83 MY Tie Rod End --- 130mm long
?? L Tie Rod End --- 150mm long

what i need --- 165mm long or longer

can anyone help... puhleeeeeese

There was something about using XF falcon parts when installing L series control arms on and MY but I think it may have been the falcon castor rods.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Jordan.

It was re-forged castor rods.

I will endeavour to have a look for you tomorrow, bluesteel. I'll measure up the threads etc and go from there.

cheers mate... that would be awesome

I will find out what I used on my ER27 Brumby as it had a similar front end.
Steve

went into repco today and got them to look through all the tie rod ends

got one that was perfect for the job YAY

right length, right thread and the right ball joint

for anyone else doing this.. the magical part # is... TE3687R and it was made by 555 Automobile Parts

no idea what car it came from as it wasnt listed in their puters

oh and i got them for $35 each 8O

Sorry bluesteel I forgot to post a follow-up..
I didn't get anywhere at all with it, I had a look through the catalogue at work and couldn't find anything suitable.
Good to hear you got there in the end.