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Posted By : Jon Low, 17-Mar-2007, 04:44am
Can anyone help me identify which tie rods/radius arms I have on my Spitfire Bitsa racer. It is basically a Mk2/Mk3, but a few years back I fitted the
longer half shafts for a while, before going back to the short shafts. Whilst changing the rear spring I now notice it looks to me like the rear uprights
are not quite verticle, perhaps tilting forwards to the front of the car. This may be because I have the later longer tie rods fitted by mistake. Can
anyone help me identify the version fitted, presumably only by length. Can anyone give me the lengths and perhaps mounting bracket angles as well.
Many thanks.
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Posted By : Jon Wolfe, 17-Mar-2007,
12:29pm
On early tie rods the tee'd ends are welded on at exactly 90 degrees whereas on the later ones the tee'd ends are at a visible angle.
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Posted By : Jon Low, 18-Mar-2007,
08:38pm
Thanks for the prompt reply Jon - answers the question fully as my current fitted items are 90 degree T bar rod ends - correct early type then.
The fact that my rear uprights don't look quite verticle to me may well be a misperception then. I will have a better check when the rear end gets
off it's axle stands and the car sits level.
Thanks yet again JoN.