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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=152170418-04012020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Charles,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=152170418-04012020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>It looks like you have a Unicorn. I checked a machinery
handbook and these were the closest I could find which you probably already
know:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=152170418-04012020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>7/16" x 14 TPI UNC American National
Standard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=152170418-04012020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>11mm x 1.50 International Metric</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=152170418-04012020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>7/16" x 14 TPI British Standard Whitworth</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>We can eliminate British Standard Fine as the diameter is too
small to match a pitch between 14 and 16. As Michael has suggested it may be a
poor quality reproduction trying to match one of these sizes. My machinery books
list 7 different thread types and the three above are the closest match. I will
suggest finding a castellated nut to fit will be like finding an Albino
Unicorn.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>It may be time for new tie rods.... Harold</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Michael Salter
[mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 04, 2020
9:23 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Charles Schott<BR><B>Cc:</B> Harold Manifold;
Healeys<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] Tie Rod End Slotted
Nuts<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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">Further to my
previous post I may have more information.</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">I have come
across, in my "DO NOT USE" box a "cheapo repo" Healey side rod sold by A H
Spares under STG215 and Moss Motors under 667-550. (Don't get me started
!)<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">This part has
weird threads on the rod ends. They are 11.96 mm in diameter and appear to be
1.5 mm pitch. That's a 12mm fine thread.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Michael Salter
<<A href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">michaelsalter@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">Hi again
Charlie,</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">In your
original request you said that the tie rod ends were the originals for your
BN1. <BR>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif">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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms,sans-serif"><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 10:52 AM Charles Schott
<<A href="mailto:schottc@knology.net"
target=_blank>schottc@knology.net</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Charlie </DIV>
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</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>
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face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000ff">Charles,</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000ff"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"
face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000ff">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 style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma" face="Tahoma"
size="2"><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>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Charlie</DIV>
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</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_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>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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