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ealandbob Snailer
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 90 Location: France 79 Deux Sevres
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:45 am Post subject: Shortening Track rods |
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Hi all
I've read all the articles on narrowing front arms and they all say "just got to shorten the track rods" but no-one says whether there are any problems doing this. I thought the rods were hardened and very difficult to cut new threads. Also saw in I think Stefan's ride that he found shorter track rods, what car would that be off?
Any help much appreciated
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Wout Dropped

Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 380 Location: Arendonk, Belgium
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ask Nico (crazy belgian)
He has got the front arms narrowed on his air ride car.
I thought by aproximitialy 11cm. |
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ealandbob Snailer
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Ok Wout
Cheers will give Nico a try
Cheers
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AZ Snailer
Joined: 11 Mar 2013 Posts: 48
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:37 am Post subject: |
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At least the Acadyane has shorter track rods, and longer rod ends and maybe the Ami aswell, combine the 2cv rod ends with Aca rods, and you end up with a shorter combination.
If you want to know how much shorter, i'll go meassure for you. |
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ealandbob Snailer
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi AZ
If you could that would be great, I've measured a pair of AK 400 rods and roughly they appear around 10 mm shorter
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AZ Snailer
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry for the late response, but every time i was in the workshop i forgot to measure.
I measured 41 cm from the center of the ball joint, to the beginning of thread.
This arm is taken from an Ami 8 or an Acadyane, i'm not sure anymore. |
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ealandbob Snailer
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hi AZ
thanks for reply will do some more measuring
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