mark kibort

you dont want all that grease in the slider , as it will move under heavy driving conditions. the grease is good in other areas though.

I posted a picture of my set up ... ill see if i can fiind it

FredR

Mark,

The pic depicts the situation on full lock. Need to do some checks to see how much meat is left inside the turnbuckle- not sure what the minimum acceptable would be but presumably about 3/4 inch of engagement? The problem is as you lengthen the tie rod the turnbuckle itself starts to foul or so it seems.

The excess grease will be wiped off. Seemed to me the piston/slider needed something as there were some signs of a surface corrosion starting on the cadmium plating or whatever the finish is.

The other side is already loose and will be matched when the job lot has settled- not sure how it will handle with one side loose- very tail happy I would imagine.

Rgds

Fred

FredR

For those playing along at home I took another look at the setup today and concluded that there is nothing more I can do to avoid interference when the suspension is fully drooped and on full lock. I experimented with the turn buckle configuration such that there was a bit more of the lower rose joint stub exposed.

I suspect one just has to accept that the suspension is not likely to go airborne when on full lock and if it does, then some damage to the tie rod may possibly occur. The same may happen with stock bar/links for all I know [less likely though].

I took a look at the recently removed tie rods and there are no signs of interaction with the bar after some 10 years of service and the new ones are identical so I am probably fretting over nothing here.

Rgds

Fred

mark kibort

the other side is "loose" meaning disconnected? if so, what happens is you get more body roll and so much so that on applicatoin of power exiting a turn, you will get the inside wheel to spin. its no more loose handling wise than with it connected. swaybar vs no swaybar is a wash usually, because too much body roll makes a push just as too much swaybar can make a push too especially with stree tires. On the street , it will be hard to notice much on the handling , other than what big roll causes.

you are worrying way too much about full lock contact at full droop.. cann you imagine, getting airborn and having the wheel at full lock? you will have other things to worry about upon that landing! anyway, its quite normal and the car never gets in that geometric position.

FredR

Mark,

Thanks for the photo- obviously yours is on the deck and that on a car that sits quite low to start with.

I am pretty sure the situation with the wheels off the deck and full lock is a most unlikely scenario just that I never spotted this phenomena previously- not that I was looking for it. I have been airborne a few times but invariably with the steering wheel pointing straight ahead. Even with my slightly restricted lock [extra spacer each side to avoid rubbing] it is rare that one sees full lock other than when parking and have not been airborne doing that- yet!

Rgds

Fred.