Hi All,
Full story at 11 but for now a quick question:
I've installed new tie-rod ends and fulcrum pins.
Push-pin method of alignment measurement gives a toe-out of 1 and 1/2 ". (ie,
the front distance is 1 and 1/2" more than the back measurement).
I'm planning on "shortening" the length of the two outer "tie-rods" an equal
amount.
(I had set them up both to be 7 and 11/16" betweeen "centers" as best I could
beore I installed them.)
OK, the question is: How does one "shorten" the length of the outer tie rods?
The Haynes manual doesn't bother mentioning this - no doubt inate knowledge to
most folks.
The Kenneth Ball manual says this can be done by loosening the two lock nuts
and then rotating the tie-rod tube.
I can't for the life of me see how this would help - surely the distance
between tie-rod ends would remain the same. It seems to me that you have to
separate one of the tie-rod ends.
I'm about to separate the outer tie-rod end but I know I'm going to split that
new rubber gaiter so I thought I would check with you guys first.
Regards, Adrian (frustrated) TS 58324 (anxious to get back on the road)
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