needed sharpish: steering rack locking nuts...
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I'm in need of the 2 nuts that lock the track rod ends onto the steering rack, mine are seized onto my old rack good and proper. Or if anyone knows the thread that'd be just as handy. going to try min-its tomorrow but thought i'd ask here first.

Cheers, Nick :)

Get them stinking red hot, that usually helps get em off.

unfortunatly it depends on the track rod end as some new ones i purchased the other year had a different thread to the old mini ones. I belive they are the longer ones that minisapres are selling? m10 *1.25 are the new ones AFAIK, if you have these gimme a shout and i'll double check/send you through a couple in the post as i have a pile somewhere.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

already tried the blowtorch tom, its just made em worse...plus ones rounded off now anyway.

andeh it's the locking nut thats on the sterering rack itself, that locks the track rod end in place. i know they changed the thread on the swivel pin on the rod ends.

Bugger. I don't know what thread they are off the top of my head. Have you tried a balljoint nut (7/16" UNF) to see if that threads onto the track rod properly?

Take a selection of spanners and see which open ended one fits the diameter of the threaded part best. That will give us a clue.

It's 1/2" UNF, just been down and run a tap down my spare rack, Bloody cold down there.
HTH
Regards
Dave

deffinatly 1/2" unf and about tuppence from your local supplier.

carl

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I've go a handful of 1/2" unf nylocs if they are any use.

excellent, cheers chaps. i'll grab a handful tomorrow if i can find anywhere open. Gotta pop to min-its anyway so i'll ask there aswell.

I've got an old rack in the garage if you don't find any at Min-Its.

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