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Steering Track Rod Ends


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Anyone bought these and if so are they any good? http://www.compbrake.com/product/caterham-suspensiontrack-rod-ends-pair-copy/  I assume they replace the Triumph ones here: https://caterhamparts.co.uk/racks/125-track-rod-end-single.html.  I don't want the wishbone ends just the track rod ends.

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From what I understand they don't have the same taper fit as the Triumph ones and are therefore not properly (and safely) located in the steering arms. They're just a parallel threaded section for the full length - I wouldn't use them.

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That's interesting regarding the threads, I take it you know this from experience?  Obviously deviating from a proven design is always a risk and I would want them to be as least as safe if not safer than the parts they would replace.  They are roughly double the price but would look sexier *yes*

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Not a tapered thread onto the track rods! Come on, I'm not that daft (yet)! I may still be talking crap, but ... The standard Triumph ones are a tapered cone fitting into the steering arms on the uprights rather than just parallel rod like a bolt. That's why they have to be pressed out. The nut on the threaded section at the end pulls the conical section hard into the taper in the upright meaning that it is very securely located with no play. That's why you need a ball joint separator to pop them out, they don't just come out like a bolt when you take the nut off. The angle of the taper on the rod end has to match the angle of the taper in the upright steering arm to locate them securely. Those ones I believe are just a threaded section straight through without the proper taper fitting.

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Bluenose,

They may, in your opinion "look sexy", but, it's highly likely, they will rust, and look less "sexy".

I'd want to check (well, I wouldn't, because I see no reason to fit them ), that they have enough movement to tolerate all possible likely situations. (I've seen a couple of sets of exposed spherical top wishbone replacement bearings, where the bearing ran out of travel before the suspension was at full droop, where the resultant failure could be quite catastrophic!!)

 

 

 

 

 

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