gjn200
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| posted on 26/5/03 at 08:26 AM |
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Are drag links the same as top ball joints?
well says it all really! Found some that look the same but refered to as drag links.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 26/5/03 at 08:33 AM |
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Top ball joints are Transit drag link ends - *not* track rod ends as the book states. They should have an M18 fine thread.
Remember you need two from the same side of the van (can't remember which side it is) because one side is RH thread and the other is LH and
(obviously) the normal way you would buy them would be one for each side of the van.
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gjn200
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| posted on 26/5/03 at 09:43 AM |
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Bugger! They are left and right oh well, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21654&item=2416794677&rd=1
[Edited on 26/5/03 by gjn200]
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John
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| posted on 26/5/03 at 11:50 PM |
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Top Ball Joints
Bugger as well I asked for Transit track rod ends as per book, both right hand thread. They look OK but could they be the wrong part. Quinton Hazell
Part no QD1117RHT (Equivalent MD1117R).
I would be gratefull for any help.
Regards.
John.
Working on a CVH 1.8 engined Locost. Hoping to use as much as possible of Sierra donor. £210 left.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 27/5/03 at 09:51 AM |
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The thread on the track rod ends is slightly larger. No problem if you're making your own wishbones but if you go for bought ones most
suppliers go by the 'M18 fine' specified in the book which is the drag link end.
Chris
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James
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| posted on 27/5/03 at 11:45 AM |
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What I don't get is how bit's of info' in the book (which appear to stick out in the way they're so deliberately put in) are
wrong.
I mean yes, ok, a cutting list with metric/imperial/Whitworth/BSA/whatever conversions I can understand having inaccuracies** but the trackrod part
number paragraph and the chassis build paragraph where it talks about the 'G' rails being specific for the Xflow stick out like a sore
thumb and then turn out to be wrong.
Do these seem like 'accidents' to anyone else?
Cheers,
James
** Although why the hell the same errors are in Book2 without an amendment sheet I do wonder!
[Edited on 27/5/03 by James]
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kiwirex
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| posted on 27/5/03 at 10:14 PM |
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What's a drag link?
Guess that says it all too... ('scuse my ignorance).
I thought a track rod was the bit that goes back and forward between the steering rack and the knuckle.
So what's a drag link?
- Greg H
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 28/5/03 at 04:21 PM |
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Before the days of rack and pinion steering, most vehicles used a "steering box". This was usualy based on a worm and wheel arrangement,
or sometimes a recirculating ball mechanism. The box has an arm on the output shaft that is connected to the steering arm on one of the uprights via
the drag link. A second link (the tie rod) connected the first upright to the one of the opposite side.
Sorry if this is even more confusing, it's hard to describe. Virtualy all the big offroad trucks in the US still use this system
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kiwirex
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| posted on 28/5/03 at 07:39 PM |
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Thanks, a temporary brain fade made me forget all about steering box systems.
- Greg H
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