[Spridgets] tie rod clunk.

[Ron Soave]

We may be talking about two different things, but I just changed the inner tie
rod ends with a pair of 1 5/16 wrenches. There is a retaining washer, but that
came off easily enough.
 
Ron Soave
Roscoe, IL


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>________________________________
> From: Hal Faulkner
<frog.aye at gmail.com>
>To: Andy Webster <a_d_webster at yahoo.com.au> 
>Cc:
sprites <spridgets at autox.team.net> 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 8:47 AM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] tie rod clunk.
> 
>Andy
>There are shims in there,
but...   The thing is very solidly screwed
>together.  Special tool required
to disassemble without chewing it up.
>Perhaps your local machine shop can do
it for you.  John Twist (the MG
>Guru) has something on taking them apart,
clamps them in a vise or
>something, then he cleans them up on the lathe
afterwards.
>Hal
>
>On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Andy Webster
<a_d_webster at yahoo.com.au>wrote:
>
>> Greetings People,.
>>
>> I hope everyone
is well....it's been a while since I
>> posted..
>>
>>
>> I think one of my
tie rods might be knackered....
>>
>> When I turn the
>> steering wheel a
little, just a tiny bit, there is an audible clunk coming
>> from the area of
the tie rod.
>> I had hoped it was the tie rod end, but when I
>> grip the
inner end of the tie rod through the rubber gaiter, I can feel
>> the
>> ball
move in its socket...
>> Can this ball/socket joint be tightened to take up
>>
the play and silence the clunk?
>>
>> I read in the manual that there are
shims
>> in here somewhere... I have not had one apart before so am not
thoroughly
>> familiar with it all yet...
>>
>> any one got any tips?  (BTW
this is the passenger
>> side tie rod in a RHD mkIIa sprite)
>>
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