Ok, so last night I'm bolting on my
Drop spindles.well, everything bolted
up just fine, until I went to attach the
tie rod arms. Seems the outer tie rod ends I got
Were way bigger in diameter than what I needed for these spindles. And, from what I have been reading, this is pretty common. I Bought all my suspension parts a year ago, and I have to look through all my receipts and return the tie rod ends I bought, because they are wrong....5/8"
Threaded pin .vs- 1/2"-20. I had both O'Reilly's and autozone look up the specifics of each tie rod end they called for on a '71 C10, and they all
Had the same part number of the one I had with me. Nothing else would come up, tried from 67 to 73, no dice. Today I found a post on the board
That mentioned trying "Moog" brands, and I found part number "ES415RL" that tie rod end
Has the exact taper/thread length and over all length I need, and its 11/16" diameter to fit the adjusting sleeves. I'm hoping I saved someone else the aggravation of going through all the searching for the correct parts to make this work.....by the way, I am using "Street Edge"
3" drop spindles for my build, everything else was spot on for fit.
Have a good one!
Ben