[Shop-talk] tie rods

[Tim]

Well, I am an idiot and freely admit it with my hand held high.

The new ones have the same length ball joint end threads. The old ones 
didn't. I thought I had the new outer since the threaded end of the new 
one looked longer than the other new one. Once I realized it was not the 
outer end, it went right together.

Free idiot training here from the master.

tim

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Tim wrote:

> I just bought new sleeves and it still won't thread straight. Threads 
> on the rod end are not crossed...WTF am I going wrong?
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:45 PM, ejrussell at mebtel.net wrote:
>
>> Quoting Tim <tputland at charter.net>:
>>> Is there a trick to getting a new tie rod into the adjustment 
>>> sleeve? I
>>> cannot, for the life of me, get the new tie rod end to start 
>>> threading
>>> straight. It goes crooked on the first turn, everytime time.
>>
>> You likely need to 'chase' the threads. Once cross-threaded it will 
>> tend to follow that thread each time you try to assemble it (and get 
>> worse each time, too). Best would be to get a re-threading tap/die - 
>> less chance of cutting new (incorrect) threads. This is assuming the 
>> new part has the correct threads. Will the old tie rod thread back on 
>> OK?
>>
>> Eric Russell
>> Mebane, NC
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