hellbent345
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:30 AM |
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cortina upright steering arm taper too small!!
I bought some cortina uprights a while ago, now fitting them, and ive just discovered the steering arm ball joints i purchased are to small to fit in
the taper! anyone else have this problem? Does the standard m14 track rod end fit into the cortina upright? If not what joint should i be using?
Just to clarify, the taper of the joint may be correct, but the overall dimensions mean it rattles around in the hole!
Thanks Al
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:34 AM |
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What do you mean by the 'standard M14 track rod end'?
I bought cortina ones and fitted them to the escort rack
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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hellbent345
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:44 AM |
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ah i bought an eds motorsport saver kit
(linky), and the ends were escort rs2000 apparently - these wont fit the upright i take it? do cortina links have an m14 coarse
thread?
thanks
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big_wasa
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:51 AM |
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I am sure mine where just mk2 escort.
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t16turbotone
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:59 AM |
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You need to make sure youve got a escort mk2 rack, the MK1 rack is no good because thread won't mate to Cortina track rod ends.
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hellbent345
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 01:51 PM |
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so is the taper different on cortina track rod ends? i have a new mk2 escort rack, with m14 coarse threads, at the moment i have escort track rod
ends, the tapered portion of which is too small (diameter wise, unsure about the actual taper)
thanks
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 02:29 PM |
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Cortina Mk3 to 5 and Escort Mk2 (and 70s Granada and Fiesta) track rod ends are identical --- they are the same part. Sierra parts also
fit.
RS2000 Mk2 are different from Escort Mk2 as the RS2000 used Capri/Mk2 Cortina 1600e struts which were imperial.
[Edited on 1/8/10 by britishtrident]
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procomp
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 03:21 PM |
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[Edited on 1/8/10 by procomp]
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hellbent345
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| posted on 2/8/10 at 07:26 AM |
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oki doki i shall get myself some different links!
Thanks everyone
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