Jim,
According to the M*ss Catalog there are two different tie rod ends. Those
for Sprites and Midgets to about 72. The other for Midgets after
GAN511.....So your 79 should be the same length as my 76. I just measured
from end to end 3.75". Hope this helps.
Brent
----- Original Message -----
From "James Dowling" <jimdinalameda at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: Front end help
> After putting the front end back together I find that the new tie-rod ends
> seem too small. With the steering wheel centered in order to hook them up
> the left wheel is doing a hard right and the right wheel a slight right
> turn. I set them at the same place and did the measurement stated in the
> book between them. Can someone tell me what, if anything, I might be doing
> wrong? I didn't touch the steering rack but everything else has been
> renewed. I checked with Moss and they seem sure I got the correct tie-rod
> ends, even though they seem much shorter than originals. These measure 3
> 1/2" overall.
> TIA,
> Jim
> 79 Midget
>
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