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Offline surgerypending

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Shortening Tie Rods?
« on: April 29, 2008, 05:40:57 PM »
I have a K n L beam shortened 3". Just wondering how much I take off each Tierod?  1.5" off one side per tierod? Also, what size tap do i need?
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Gerry
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2008, 06:15:23 PM »
i have the tap you can use gerry
can't remember how much i took off but i only took it off the right side so i would not need a left hand thread tap
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2008, 06:21:56 PM »
Thanks Russ...maybe if your around on saturday I'll stop out and grab it...I have to run out to Mopac.
Gerry
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2008, 09:11:55 PM »
you might not even have to take off anything, just try it first. just make sure you dont take too much off
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2008, 09:20:16 PM »
I might get away with taking little to none off the longer side but on the shorter side the tierods are screwed most of the way in. My concern was mostly the shorter side. Given that the assemblies are not of equal lengths is it ok to shorten them both equally? Will it pull one wheel more than the other while i'm turning? Just a thought!
Gerry
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2008, 09:47:54 PM »
I always take the 1/2 the amount off the tierod that the beam is narrowed. So a 3" beam would get each tierod cut 1 1/2". No need for a left hand tap as you only cut off the ends that have a right hand thread and retap with a 14x1.5 tap.
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2008, 10:11:39 PM »
Quote from: Trevor P on April 29, 2008, 09:47:54 PM
I always take the 1/2 the amount off the tierod that the beam is narrowed. So a 3" beam would get each tierod cut 1 1/2". No need for a left hand tap as you only cut off the ends that have a right hand thread and retap with a 14x1.5 tap.
pretty sure i did this as well,
gerry i will be around all day saturday working on the car.
i just took a quick look for it and can't find it but it is around.
i will look tomorrow or thursday and let you know what i come up with.
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2008, 10:23:05 PM »
Russ...i'll see u in the morning around maybe 10ish
Thanks Guys!
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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2008, 08:14:45 AM »
Gerry, I have one of those taps, 14 x 1.5, you could use. I'm in Coquitlam, just up from Ikea. Not to far from Geoff.

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Re: Shortening Tie Rods?
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2008, 09:32:27 PM »
It is pretty straight foward. You remove 3" from your beam you remove 3" from your tie rods. If you want everything to be the same for alighment perposes take 1.5" off each side. Other wise you can try everyone else's way of cut a little and see how it goes  ???
Gerry hope this helps ;D
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