givemethebighammer
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 posted on 12/9/03 at 03:39 PM |
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Next steering rack question
I have cut too many threads off the end of my cortina steering rack
How easy is it to replace the track rods with some new ones ??
Should have listened to my dad ...measure twice cut once
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 10:48 PM |
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try pulling the gaiter off and look. on a granada one, there is a screw apart ball joint on the end....
atb
steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 10:53 PM |
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ont sierra it looks easy, clamp in vice and use a wrench to bugger it. Might have to remove/unbend so locking tabs too.
Piss easy!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 10:59 PM |
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Some of them have tapered plugs driven into bored hole in the balljoint outer to prevent movement/tampering but are easily drilled out
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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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 13/9/03 at 01:45 PM |
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thanks, got my hands on a haynes cortina manual and some new track rods.
Just need a pair of new locking pins and a few other bits and should be OK
thanks
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 16/9/03 at 09:36 PM |
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grrr.... went to ford and was supplied with some locking pins however they were the wrong ones (too big and too harder metal)
Anyone know of anywhere else that stocks this sort of thing ? The ones I need are a soft tapered pin about 10mm long
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