Thread length on stock C6Z rear tie rods?
#1
Burning Brakes
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Thread length on stock C6Z rear tie rods?
Does anyone know how many threads (linear count) are on the stock C6Z rear tie rods (outer end, of course)?
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
#2
Race Director
I don't know but on c5z I have gone 1/2 inch total toe in with no issue. I know of a couple of guys that went beyond that.
The rod ends stayed secure.
I think they usually thread in about an inch or a little more at stock alignment settings.
So a small toe change is only 2-3 threads.
The rod ends stayed secure.
I think they usually thread in about an inch or a little more at stock alignment settings.
So a small toe change is only 2-3 threads.
Last edited by froggy47; 05-25-2013 at 02:02 PM.
#3
Le Mans Master
Does anyone know how many threads (linear count) are on the stock C6Z rear tie rods (outer end, of course)?
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
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Does anyone know how many threads (linear count) are on the stock C6Z rear tie rods (outer end, of course)?
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
Reason I'm asking is I had to dial them out quite a lot to get 1/8 toe after installing new suspension components.
I have 16 threads exposed from the jam nut to where the threads stop on the rod. I just want to make sure I've not left it with a "tenuous grasp" on the outer thread!
(Yes.. I stupidly didn't disassemble and count myself when I had everything apart... duh.)
Edit: Was out under the car doing some exhaust work and I noticed I had "2 1/4" thread" written in soapstone on the lift rail. I did a bunch of shear calculations to make sure I wasn't going to run into any issues when I unthreaded the ends to make the links longer. According to the calculations if you have more than about a half inch of threads in the link you should be okay. I would be very surprised if you had to adjust yours as far out as I had to adjust mine.
Last edited by 69427; 05-25-2013 at 04:59 PM. Reason: Added content.
#5
Race Director
One side has 11 exposed threads, and the other has 12 - it's been running like that for many thousands of track miles with no problem.
It looks to me like 4 or 5 threads is about 1/4".
I would think that you are perfectly OK with 16 threads showing, but that's just MHO without knowing the total #.
Bob
Last edited by BEZ06; 05-25-2013 at 06:09 PM.