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Re: Tie-rod end tightness

To: "Triumph Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "Glenn Coughenour" <gecoughenour@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Tie-rod end tightness
From: David Robertson <david@robertson.org.nz>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:15:39 +1200 6.5.1|January 21, 2004) at 11/04/2004 14:15:43, Serialize complete at 11/04/2004 14:15:43
>the fourth [an inner] would not because the shaft would turn.  I would 
have thought the shaft would seat tightly
>enough in the center tie-rod holes to take some torque.  The manual does 
not specify any torque on these, but the nut >on one side is further about 
two or three turns more on the shaft than the other. They have new nyloc 
nuts and flat >washers.  On the tight side there is nearly a full thread 
out of the nut.  On the looser side, the nut is flush with >the end of the 
shaft.

You need to hold the pin of the tie rod hard into the hole so it locks 
enough to tighten up that nut. Might even need someone else to push it in 
while you turn the nut. 
Flush with the end of the shaft is definately not tight!

Regards,
David Robertson

    1961 Thunderbird
    1978 Triumph 2500S
    1974 Triumph Spitfire

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