<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi again Charlie,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">In your original request you said that the tie rod ends were the originals for your BN1. <br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have checked an NOS BN2 tie rod end and when I measure the 7/16" thread it is 0.433" (10.98 mm) diameter and the thread is exactly 20 T.P.I. This is a U.N.F. thread.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">A used early BN1 tie rod end thread is 0.435" (11.49 mm) in diameter and and the thread is exactly 18 T.P.I. This is a B.S.F. thread.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The original tie rod ends on earlier BN1's were an adjustable type wherein a split pin could be removed and the slotted cap rotated for adjustment.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">After car C.# 157624 the tie rod ends were still B.S.F. but changed to a non-adjustable type wherein the threaded cap was locked by swaging and was not designed to be adjusted.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">If the tie rod ends that you are dealing with are unlike either of these then they are almost certainly not "original".<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">If your thread count is 15 T.P.I. it is obviously neither of those and those tie rod ends probably fall into the "cheapo repo" category and the thread could be anything that the manufacturer could find.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">M<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 10:52 AM Charles Schott <<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net">schottc@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>The thread count appears to be 15 TPI. I have a 14 and a 16 TPI gage and it's between those two. Since a 12M X 1.5 die runs all the way down the threads, albeit loosely, and a 10M X 1.5 tap goes all the way through the slotted nut, again very loose, I think that it's metric. The diameter measures 10.97 MM with calipers and converted. I have not been able to find a 11M X 1.5 nut, let alone a slotted one. I have three of them but need three more.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie </div><div><br></div><hr id="gmail-m_8727768328129599397zwchr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Harold Manifold" <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Charles Schott" <<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net" target="_blank">schottc@knology.net</a>>, "Michael Salter" <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"Healeys" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 3, 2020 6:27:29 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [Healeys] Tie Rod End Slotted Nuts<br><div><br></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><span color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:small">Charles,</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><span color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:small">What is the thread per inch count and the major thread
diameter of the ball joint (measure with a vernier or
micrometer)?</span></span></div><br>
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<span size="2" face="Tahoma" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:small"><b>From:</b> Healeys
[mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles
Schott<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 03, 2020 3:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael
Salter<br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Tie Rod End
Slotted Nuts<br></span><br></div>
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<div>My car is CE# 226706 and I have a limited set of BSF taps and dies and none
of them come close.</div>
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<div>The 12M X 1.5 die goes loosely all the way down over the stud threads. When
I measure the diameter of the stud threads, they measure 10.97 mm. You tell me
what I have.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Charlie</div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal"><b>From:
</b>"Michael Salter" <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Charles
Schott" <<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net" target="_blank">schottc@knology.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"Michael MacLean"
<<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>>, "Healeys"
<<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 3, 2020 3:32:01
PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Tie Rod End Slotted Nuts<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Charlie,
<br></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">If your car is
prior to C.E.#228931 the castellated nuts for the original side and center rod
ends will be part #2K3996 which I think is 7/16" BSF, (I don't have one to hand
to check) however many of these ball joints have been replaced with the
later UNF style over the years and they use FNZ307 7/16" UNF.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">M<br></div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:09 PM Charles Schott
<<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net" target="_blank">schottc@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<div>I need three slotted nuts for the original tie rod ends on a BN1. They
appear to be metric 11M X 1.5 but I cannot find them. Does anyone have them or
know where I can get them? Thanks.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Charlie</div>
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