pca42
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Looks oreyt to me...
:5biagree: ,what's wrong with my cutting?! The bottom part was rusty too, so I didn't even cut through that just broke the piece off!
Looks oreyt to me...
Oh boy,,,,,
Well the snail thingy is a vibrational damper, just leave it where it is
Order a trakrod rod and two ends, don't bother trying to undo the old unit, if shop can't shift it you never will! Not too pricey and worth it, cover threads on new rod end with copper-slip etc and fit new clamps, just set the wheels parallel, and she'll be fine, no need for tracking malarkey, not bothered to do mine and all is good. To set mine I just set the track rod ends to the dimension in the Haynes book and it worked.
As for the geometry, could be anything, would never dream of applying that much accuracy to me disco. But could be damage, re-welded arm supports, too much weight in the glove box, maybe it was a 'Friday afternoon' build
Does it 'crab' as it is being driven? Does it pull to one side?
Sorry mate just had a look through your thread and not being funny but your some kind of **** and that's being nice as I could call you a lot more
Yep those two items from craddocks are bang on. You get every nut and bolts, all brackets etc, so it couldn't be easier.
Remove old track rods and damper (undo nuts x6)
Unpack new rods and grease threads, and then set them at lengths listed in Haynes. Do this by winding the ends all the way in and then hold both ends steady and turn bar round. This will unscrew both ends at equal rate. Measure from grease nipple to grease nipple as this is the centre of the joint. Temporarily tighten lock nuts finger tight.
Put new rods into car. Track rod needs cut outs for steering damper on passenger side. This will be very obvious. Then put drag link in car. To make life simpler, place drag link in same orientation as track rod. What I mean is, one end of each rod has right hand thread, one end has left hand thread. The track rod only goes one way because of the damper cutouts. Place the drag link with the same threads at the same end as the track rod, for ease and simplicity of adjustment. Get what I mean? This means that twisting the rods the same way makes them both either longer or shorter. Kinda hard to explain, but it just means its less confusing if both rods do same thing when twisted same way.
You might need to wiggle wheels to get the rod ends fully home, that's fine cos the Haynes lengths are correct.
Once a rod end is in, put washer on and tighten nut (19mm)
Before doing steering box end, follow haynes instructions about centering steering box. Then fit rod end and tighten.
Now tighten locks nuts for track for after double checking length.
Remove harmonic damper from bracket if poss, and then fit new damper. New bars come with little bracket and U bolts. Fit little bracket with vertical portion nearest to the diff.
Assemble damper bushes and washers and tighten nuts.
Take for small road test just to establish driving in straight line.
If so, tighten lock nuts on drag link.
If not, loosen lock nuts a few turns. If car goes left at centre, shorten drag link. If right, lengthen.
Finger tight locknuts again and repeat until it drives in straight line; and then tighten proper.
Job done.
Do you need HD? Std is cheaper and lighter, just as easy to fit.
When undoing old rod ends, you need two hammers, undo the nuts half way, put one hammer on one side of the casting that holds the tapered part of the rod end, then whack the opposite side good and hard, this normally pops the joint right out, may need a whack or two.
If your mainly on road I would leave the vibration damper in place, it's there for a reason.
As for the 30mm diagonal error, are the radius arm bushes assemble equally on each side?