Track Rod End Failure with potential fatal consequences!

[Azman]

Scratch that, I have just got off the phone with Euro parts and they have said they are £27.99 + Vat. Does that sound right or cheap and nasty.

[Greg_S]

Sounds like a pretty good price for them. got mine through vagparts

[Azman]

Made by Ledamfer or something like that. Hope they are opay as the cheapest price I have been told before was £70+ the dreaded.

Will see when I pick them up on sat.

Cheers

@ Sal if he is about, will be tired by the time I get to yours on sat so pls have a really big stong coffee waiting as I have to work Sat night now aswell. (no rest for the wicked eh!!!!)

[Sweeper]

http://www.compbrake.co.uk/suspension1.htm ?

It would be good to see if we can get a decent engineering firm to make these up. I totally agree. There are some industrial & automotive engineers on the forum... Doubtless they can suggest some companies who can make these at a good price in high quality material.

Unless another part from the family parts bin just happens to fit, but I don't know of it yet.

Paul

[S2 Ant]

ive fired off an email asking them if they are able to supply this part or not.

[S2 Ant]

Ive had a reply back, ive just replied again to make sure he followed which part i meant lol.

When i get an idea of cost i can see where we go from there.

Does anyone (Ben, Martyn...?) know what the length of this adjuster bar is or the thread type thats on it please?

[Azman]

Tell you what - why not go for the racing ends too, thats one way to put a bit of reliability in there isn't it......

[S2 Ant]

at £70+VAT a pair i'll pass, genuine items are £12inc VAT

[S2 Ant]

From the family album, that adjuster should be M14x1.5 with one side being a left handed thread, does that sound right?

[Azman]

Looking at that website I couyld spend a fortune!!!!!!

[BrianSmith_S2]

I noticed that the track rod ends that I got were smaller than the originals and posted a couple of threads a while ago. They did seem substantially smaller and on a car of the power and weight of the S2 it just didn't seem right. Thanks for the warning Ant, I'll have to check mine asap.

Hi, cananyone confirm the correct size of tie rod end, because i recently got one replaced and it was approx 10mm larger in dia (35mm) than the original, giving me only1mm clearance from the 225 tyres . I fitted a set of 5mm spacer rings all round to give adequate clearance. Trouble is im getting annoyed with wheel vibration and the hassle with the spacers when changing the wheel . Im about to purchase som 18 rs4 wheels and as these are 8J width im worried there might be contact .

Probably be better to change to a smaller tie rod end and do away with the spacers altogether??? Any suggestions???

[S2 Ant]

I cant make out anything in that picture.
Ive got 2 genuine items on my desk at the moment, i'll measure and take a pic for you

[BrianSmith_S2]

Sorry about the poor pic quality, took it after work in low light and the car was covered in muck. The tie rod end i approx 35 in diameter, about 20mm deep and distance upto strut is also about 35mm.

many thanks....

[S2 Ant]

The round end part of it is approx diameter 35mm.
This is a genuine part, the difference between this and the one from GSF is that the rod part where it screws on to the arm is thinner on the genuine item compared to the GSF part.

[S2 Ant]

the height from the base up to where the boot starts is approx 20mm and overall height is approx 65mm