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| A&P Mech |
 Jul 8 2016, 10:27 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 10-September 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,371 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
I ordered replacement tie rod ends for my turbo tie rods. I noticed that the Lemforder ends are not drilled for a split pin? They did come with a serrated lock nut. Did I order the incorrect part or is this just how Lemforder does it?
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| rhodyguy |
Jul 8 2016, 10:31 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,080 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Appearently the way they come these days. Hot topic a month or so ago. Too bad they did away with the castelated nut and pin.
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| A&P Mech |
Jul 8 2016, 10:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 10-September 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,371 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Jul 8 2016, 10:31 AM)  Appearently the way they come these days. Hot topic a month or so ago. Too bad they did away with the castelated nut and pin. Thanks, I just found that thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Lowsquire |
Jul 8 2016, 06:55 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 23-April 16 From: Austin Texas Member No.: 19,926 Region Association: Southwest Region |
mine came with those style nuts. I found it was very hard to lock the taper hard enough to allow the nut to wind on.. but an impact gun made short work of it. If you dont have an impact gun, a cordless drill with a screw torque limiter that 'clicks' can also work at its highest setting.
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| A&P Mech |
Jul 8 2016, 09:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 10-September 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,371 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thanks for the heads up. I do have an electric impact. I will give it a shot tomorrow. Did you find a torque spec for the nuts?
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| anderssj |
Jul 9 2016, 07:58 AM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,656 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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QUOTE(A&P Mech @ Jul 8 2016, 11:21 PM) Thanks for the heads up. I do have an electric impact. I will give it a shot tomorrow. Did you find a torque spec for the nuts? I'm assuming your kit also came with the all-metal "Stover" prevailing torque lock nut (it has a conical top and chamfered corners). The threads at the top (conical or crimped end) of the nut are distorted to keep the nut from loosening. The Haynes 914 manual says that the nuts on the top of the outer tie rod ends are torqued to 33 ft-lbs. The folks at Pelican (where I bought the Lemforder kit) said to torque the locking nuts to the same value. FWIW, all of our old Volvos use the Stover-type nuts on the outer tie rod ends. No problems in any of five 240s in over 30+ years. |
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| A&P Mech |
Jul 9 2016, 11:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 10-September 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,371 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thank you for your help! I will torque them to 33ft/lbs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| PASHN8 |
Jul 13 2019, 03:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-March 19 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 22,938 Region Association: Australia and New Zealand |
Revival, received my non turbo standard Lemforder tie rod ends, nut went on, got the point where the thread was level with the top of the nut, then the thread would just spin and the nut wouldn't tighten down.
Channel lock the tie rod from the bottom or floor jack to get the nut to continue to tighten down? |
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| Geezer914 |
Jul 13 2019, 06:42 AM
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Geezer914 Group: Members Posts: 1,410 Joined: 18-March 09 From: Salem, NJ Member No.: 10,179 Region Association: North East States
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Place a floor jack under the tie rod to apply pressure forcing it into the spindle. This should allow you to tighten the nut.
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| rgalla9146 |
Jul 13 2019, 07:19 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,552 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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Use a block of wood or whatever to support one end of a bar to lever the rod end in tightly. This will allow proper tightening. |
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| PASHN8 |
Jul 13 2019, 06:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-March 19 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 22,938 Region Association: Australia and New Zealand |
Thanks guys, will try that today, thought I was going crazy.
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