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Old 23-05-16, 00:37
Alex van de Wetering Alex van de Wetering is offline
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The Tie rod on my C8 was bent and the ends were cracked. I wasn't really comfortable with welding these cracks, so I had a replacement tie rod fabricated at a machine shop. New Tie rod ends came from Jim Carter. I re-used the old clamps, but replaced the bolts.

One of the pictures attached shows one clamp after a Molasses bath (2-3weeks) and the second clamp (the shiny one) after 15 minutes with the wire wheel on an angle grinder.

I also had the ball on the steering arm rewelded at the local blacksmith.....but somehow I can't find the picture of the end result




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File Type: jpg Tierod-2.jpg (102.7 KB, 1 views)
File Type: jpg Tierod-4.jpg (139.5 KB, 2 views)
File Type: jpg Clamps.jpg (141.7 KB, 1 views)
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