mikeb
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 02:44 PM |
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Drag Links and TRE
There seems to be a bit of confusion on the haynes forum over Transit Drag links and TRE.
Does anyone have the definitive answer..
Transit Drag Link:
Apparantly some have a longer thread giving the required turns on the nut using book mushrooms.
Others state their drag links have a thread that's to short requiring machining of the mushrooms to get enough thread.
Does anyone have a low down on which are the long ones??
Track Rod Ends:
For Sierra uprights, are RS2000 ones the same as escort ones. whats the difference with the sierra ones. Some people have said the tapers are
different and escort ones don't fit the sierra upright. Did the upright design change or is there a difference between diesel and petrol
uprights, something needs to explain why some builders have issues and others don't.
Mike
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 03:11 PM |
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With regard to track rods
MK 2 RS2000 (and. all RS Escort) track rod ends are not the same as normal MK2 Escort ones because all RS Escort models used strut parts
originally from the Corsair range
Normal Escort MK2 track rod ends are exactly the same part as fitted to Cortina Mk3 to Mk5, and also MK1 & MK2 Fiesta and Mk1 & Mk2
Granada.
The tapers & threads on Escort MK2 are the same as the normal Sierra models.
All MK1 & MK3 Escorts used parts that are not compatible because they used imperial (UNF) threads and tapers.
MK1 RS models used a different imperial sized track rod end which is again not compatible.
[Edited on 10/1/11 by britishtrident]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 04:41 PM |
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some of what your on about just comes down to differant manufactures.
I have some that where ordered on the same part number and have differant lengths of thread and some imperial and some metric.
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