Matthew_1
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 10:15 AM |
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Sierra tie rod dimensions
Does anyone know the length of a sierra tie rod, and the size of the tread as well? Ideally I need a rod 250mm long with an M14 thread.
Cheers
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Steve Hnz
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 11:29 AM |
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Matthew, The Sidem PDF catalogue lists the Sierra tie rod at 270mm. BTW thats a nice looking inboard front suspension set up in your archive, it looks
close to what I`d like to be heading toward. ( see the Inboard front suspension thread down the page a bit). Cheers, Steve.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 12:56 PM |
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Sierra M14x2
bigger Volvo also M14x2
Volvo 340 M14x1.5
VW group, Peugeot group , most Fiats & Renaults M14x1.5
Fiat/Seat Panda M14x1
[Edited on 11/6/04 by britishtrident]
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Northy
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 07:40 PM |
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Is that 270mm from end to end?
Whats the lenght of the tie rods on a MkII Escort rack?
Anyone know if they'll fit a MkII Escort rack?
Cheers
G
Graham
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 09:51 PM |
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Escort and Sierra racks are completely different.
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Northy
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 10:21 PM |
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BritishTrident,
Not being funny, but do you know that for a fact? Will Sierra Tie rods not fit an Escort rack deffo?
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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jolson
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| posted on 11/6/04 at 10:39 PM |
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I had an escort rack and a sierra rack here at the same time. The ends are definitely different and cannot be swapped. The Escort rack end has a
male thread on it and forms part of the joint. The sierra has a female thread, and the joint is part of the track rod. In the end, I gave away my
escort rack because I couldn't see an easy way of shortening it without lots of machining. The sierra rack was as easy as chopping the end off
and drilling and tapping a new hole.
Cheers
John
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Northy
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 posted on 11/6/04 at 10:45 PM |
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Cheers.
Ok then, I need a good idea how to extend my MkII Escort rack. At the mo I can only get about 10mm of the tread into the ball joint
Which won't fill me full of confidence when I'm flogging it! 
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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