Found my problem but now!!!!!

[ChrisAU]

If someone were to unbolt their tie rods, and then turn them around and bolt them back up the wrong way, then yes I can see the problem. But doing so and then correcting the alignment with the adjusters should not affect the Ackerman angles. The range of motion is unchanged.

I'm not a geometry expert, though I suppose the angle that the tie rod approaches the knuckle could affect the Ackerman principle...but I'm not sure how haha. Too much to think about on a Friday morning.

 

[bluex]

That wouldn't work without flipping the center link to. The taper would be backwards an the tre wouldn't seat. I can see how it could affect it because not only is it at an angle in the horizontal plane now (center link higher than spindle which is normal) its also at an angle in the vertical plane. (inner tre further out/forward than the spindle) that's what's causing the issue in my opinion anyway but I'm no expert....

 

[ChrisAU]

Pretty sure the center links don't have tapered holes. They are made to let the tie rods go up and down. It's not like ball joints.

 

[1997chevydriver]

Pretty sure the center links don't have tapered holes. They are made to let the tie rods go up and down. It's not like ball joints.

Center link has to have tapered holes otherwise the tre would spin inside and wear the holes out.

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[Steve's Chevy]

Yes tie rods are tapered that fit the spindle just the same as a center link

 

[ChrisAU]

Well I reckon both my trucks need new center links...crap

 

[1997chevydriver]

but come to think of it........


The pitman arm joint is tapered too right? How would that be able to be put together if the centerlink was flipped

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[bow61509]

but come to think of it........


The pitman arm joint is tapered too right? How would that be able to be put together if the centerlink was flipped

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this is what I've been wondering me and my friend replaced his Pitman arm as nd center link a couple months ago and the hole for the Pitman arm is definitely tapered and I can't see any way it would go on any other way

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[1997chevydriver]

Scratch that...... it can be on backwards. Not the front on the back side but drivers on passenger

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[ChrisAU]

Unless I have two terribly rounded out center links on my trucks, the TRE holes are not tapered. I had to stop tightening mine on both trucks when the castle nuts were down far enough to put the pins in, no more, no less. All the resistance was in the boots of the TRE's, not the shafts.