ZT-R Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 how long are the treads on the inner tie rod? after i finished my alignment the drivers side is out more than the passenger side... i forgot to measure them when i installed the new tie rods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) I have an old set (out of a 240Z I think), the treads are 2" long. That's from the start of the treads to the end of the rod, not from where your picture is measuring. Looks like you still have 1" to go on your picture. Edited June 24, 2011 by deja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 1. You never measure from anything made of rubber. 2. Did you lock the steering wheel in place when you adjusted toe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT-R Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 yea i did lock the steering, but i do recall when i was putting in my urethane steering bushing a few months ago (doing a build) my steering wheel came out and might not be in the right spline because i had the column unmounted. i didn't really measure from the rubber moreso the back of the adjustment bolt where you put the wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 What's important is that the alignment is square. I suggest you string the car if you have time and make sure the back tracks the front. Pull the steering wheel off before you start so it doesn't give any preconceived idea about where the steering center is. Then put the tie rod ends an equal distance out from the groove for the outer rack boot lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT-R Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 i should have have said i have an alignment rack john, my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 If everything is square then I wouldn't worry about different thread counts on each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT-R Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 yea just wanted to confirm it was threaded inside the tie rod enough to have some strength and not have like 3 threads from falling off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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