Date:         Sat, 31 Oct 2020 09:09:14 -0500
Reply-To:     "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Refresh my memory about inner tie rods,
              someone! Parts quality.
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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 Thanks, will do. I don’t understand this either. I ordered the Bus Depot complete sets, inner-tie rod-outer. Anyone know if there are issues with those?
  

  
Jim
  

  
  

  
  
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> On Oct 31, 2020 at 7:59 AM,  <Dennis Haynes (mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com)>  wrote:
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>  The JP Group parts tend to have quality or design issues. Meyle is getting better especially for suspension. As of now only Meyle and Moog upper ball joints have the needed articulation for the 2WD. I now regularly add the GoWesty Ball Joint Spacers.  
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> Dennis  
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> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Vanagon Mailing List  <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>  On Behalf Of Alex MeVay  
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 8:37 AM  
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM  
> Subject: Re: Refresh my memory about inner tie rods, someone!  
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> One word of warning here...I recently replaced my rack with the JP Group complete rack "kit". When the inner tie rods were tightened to spec, there was a small but visible gap between the peening flange and the end of the rack. Without the support of the flange, I could see the threaded part of the tie rod fatiguing and snapping off. Scary stuff.  
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> I at first suspected that the rack threads weren't deep enough, but IIRC, in the end, the "positive" chamfer between the threaded part of the tie rod end and the flange was larger than the "negative" chamfer at the start of the threads in the rack end, so it was bottoming out there before the flange could make contact. Filing the latter chamfer a little deeper allowed the parts to mate properly. Sheesh....new parts, same MFG...we shouldn't have to deal with this stuff.  
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> So, just maybe double check your parts actually fit together properly.  
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> Alex  
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