Blank tie rod adjusting sleeves

synchro66 said

Thanks 72bluNblu for your reply...just wanted to make sure we're on the same page.... the male thread from my rack is m14-2.0. The Tie Rod end on the right is female with m14-2.0 thread ...so all good. The issue here is as you can see the taper is wrong and you can see the "high tide" mark as to its maximum seating position. The obvious fix here, would be to ream out the steering arm to suit. I have approached 3 different machine shops in my town here in OZ and all three have said they don't have the correct reamer and didn't seem to want to help. OK so the Rod end on the right has the correct taper, but is a male 9/16" thread. I thought that given all this ,...a blank sleeve might be the solution , as i can cut and appropriate thread in each end and "voila"...problem solved. BTW i have checked Moog's site and in their rod end specs page, there is no such beast. Just thought you might have had someone in the US who made blank sleeves. If not my only option is to buy a length of Hexagonal steel stock, drill it out and tap in the appropriate threads at each end. Hope all this makes sense lol
Cheers
Bruce

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Yup, that's what I was thinking.

Ok, so you aren't going to find the right tie rod end already made, so that leaves you a few options, each with their own issues. 9/16" is ~14.3mm, so, you can't re-thread a female 9/16" tie rod end because the inner diameter is already too big. So then you have the custom hex tube adaptor, which is a pretty good option. The only problem I see with that is that you'll need LH taps, but they're out there.

The other option is to use the tie-rod adaptor stud I linked above, with a 14mm female heim joint. The only issue with that is the adaptor stud has 9/16" threads, and all the 14mm female heim joints I'm finding have a 14mm bore also. But the 9/16" thread is 14.3mm, which should be enough rethread as a 14mm. So you could buy the female 14mm heims and the tie rod adaptor studs and have the studs rethreaded at 14mm on the end for the heim. That would also give you bump steer adjustability, which you will probably need if you're going from a rack to stock Chrysler steering arms in any configuration. I suppose you could also ream the bore of the heim out to 14.3mm, but it would probably be easier to rethread the stud.