Aftermarket woes
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From: Colorado Springs Co
Aftermarket woes
Just replaced power steering pump rack and pinion and all lines on my 84 have to order after market on all these parts dealers have dicontued them. After I'm fished I take it for a front end alignment and there's not enough adjustment to bring the toe in. I measure the old tie rods and the ones on the new rack are 1/2 inch longer. Rather than take it out and reorder(it's a fairly big job) I cut a half inch off the end of the tie rods then machined a half inch off the tie rod ends so they would screw on far enough I'm going to keep this till I die so I would like suggestions on where to buy parts that will be most likely to be right and of top quality.
Pro
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From: Savannah GA
If I were a betting man I would say you got a rack with 88 up inner tie rods.
The wheel offset on 84-87 is different and it's in the spindle steering combo.
I'm sure someone will tell exactly where.
I have got good parts from The Last Detail in Atlanta and the local NAPA. I got my wheel bearings from PepBoys many years ago and were OE manufactured parts. Bottom line, know what name brand is good or look them over before going to work.
JS
The wheel offset on 84-87 is different and it's in the spindle steering combo.
I'm sure someone will tell exactly where.
I have got good parts from The Last Detail in Atlanta and the local NAPA. I got my wheel bearings from PepBoys many years ago and were OE manufactured parts. Bottom line, know what name brand is good or look them over before going to work.
JS
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From: Colorado Springs Co
I should have mentioned I got this one from O'Reillys. I've read that all parts stores bundle years that are very close to the same but this was one where close wasn't good enough.
