Mot failure

[wedged]

Hi I hope you can help,

My 450se just failed its mot with various issues, one of the was excessive wear in the track rod ends, which they couldn't source. Does anyone know what they are from and where i can get some from

Richard

[adam quantrill]

I am guessing they mean the steering rack ends of the track rods (as opposed to the joints at the wheel end?)

[Wedg1e]

Track rod ends? Cortina Mk. 3/4.

[adam quantrill]

That's why I thought it must be the other end because these are common/easy to get.

[Wedg1e]

adam quantrill said:

That's why I thought it must be the other end because these are common/easy to get.

Only if you know what to buy
Average back street garage + TVR = not a clue.

[wedged]

The description of the failure is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play"

[wedged]

i just found this in the wedge part number list is this the right part ?

"Track rod ends - Unipart - GSJ119 - MK IV Granada"

[adam quantrill]

Doesn't look wrong but I think I bought QH ones last time. Any decent motor factors will be able to match up: you should probably be aiming for Ford Cortina MKIV/V but I think they were used on many cars e.g. the P100 was coming up just now.

Easy to replace yourself I mark the tie bars with chalk and wind them on/off the same number of turns, whic avoids setting the tracking again. Keep the lock nut in place (mark one face with chalk too). You have to loosen the clamp on the bellows too. And borrow a ball joint splitter rather than whacking with a hammer.

[wild rover]

I fitted QH on the 390 QR1384S £9.60 the pair.

[wedged]

Thanks for that info, I now hopefully have the right bits on order.


Next on my quest is the lower suspension arm balljoint dust cover. aparently its damaged.

[superwedge]

my ones all new now

[wedged]

Do you know where i can get the gust cover from ?

[Wedg1e]

wedged said:

Do you know where i can get the gust cover from ?

There are people flogging them on Ebay, you just need to know the diameters of the large and small openings.

[grahamw48]

This is all easy and cheap fix stuff.

Thank TVR for using bread and butter Ford parts (that their critics love to make fun of ).

Imagine what those bits would cost on a Fezzer, Porsche or any other non-TVR with 'supercar' performance.

[wedged]

I was hopeing to get the parts before dissasembly, which is why i was asking what the part is.

i'm still no further forward on the ball joint dust cover, as i dont know what size it is..

[hallsie]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-Control-Arm-Drop-Lin...

[wedged]

Sorry for being dense is that the same as "lower suspension arm balljoint dust cover"

[matt-man]

wedged said:

I was hopeing to get the parts before dissasembly, which is why i was asking what the part is.

i'm still no further forward on the ball joint dust cover, as i dont know what size it is..

Give David Gerald tvr a call-tell them what you need and they will sort it

[hallsie]

Its probably easier to replace the lower ball joints complete!

They are MK5 cortina and for £20 you can get a pair.

If its the top ball joint rubbers that are gone and they are original (the whole ball joint riveted in and not bolted) then dust covers are the way (if they are still in good working order other than the dust cover) as you will need to drill the rivets out to replace them.

Stu

[wedged]

Thanks for the info, i think i've got it all on order now, but its made me think,
If I'm replacing all these parts, should i replace the rollbar droplink/rubbers at the same time? is it worth it?