Do you have a V8, manual steering, center link? Possibility #2 is that items were boxed wrong.

 

Going to V8, keeping manual steering and also have a V8 center link

 

Okay, went to put my new NPD inner and outer tie rods on, along with the adjusting sleeve. When I got them together, even after threading all the way in the adjusting sleeve, the length was roughly 14.5 inches. I measured my existing assembly which is still on the car and it was 12.5". Below is the picture of my new assembly.

The part numbers are
Outer tie rod part 3a130-4
Inner tie.rod..part 3a131-2
Tie.rod.adjusting sleeve 3310-1

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Steven,

They look like 65 66 V8 Tie Rods--Are your old Tie Rods 6 Cylinder?????

Dan @ Chockostang

 

They are Dan.

 

Does anyone who has done the 6 to 8 conversion have after pictures of the tie rods, center link, upper/lower control arms, sway bar (1"), idler arm and the bushing assembly that connects the sway bar to the LCA?

 

Anyone????

 

Must have v8 pitman arm and v8 idler arm-not 6 cyl

 

Got those. Chocko put a new V8 pitman arm on my steering box when I sent it to him for a rebuild.

 

I have an I6 parts car and a V8 restomod car. The tie rods on the I6 car measure about 10" from the center of one tapered stud to the center of the other one. On my V8 car the tie rods measure about 12" center to center.

 

Have you put the tie rods, center link, bushing kit on LCA that the sway bar connects to all on yet?

 

Yes, all those parts are installed on the V8 car.

 

Any way you could post some pictures?

 

Is this what you need?

 

Those helped, but could I ask for just one more. A pic looking directly at the adjusting sleeve with the full inner and outer tie rods attached.

 

I can't get under the car to take a photo of the center link and tie rods but here's a photo of my old tie rods set up like they would be installed on the car. Obviously the clamps on the adjusting sleeves are missing. When they are installed on the car you turn each sleeve to adjust it's wheel's toe in or toe out.

 

That's what I need... Those are V8 tie rods, correct? Did you thread both inner and outer in about an inch?

 

Yes, V8 parts. In the photo the tie rods are screwed almost all the way into the sleeves. You can screw them in 1", put them on the car and then turn the sleeve until the tire points straight ahead. Then drive it to the alignment shop.

 

Prolly best, then, to just screen the tie rods all the way in?

 

That will work also.

 

This is the V8 setup as it came off my car. If you need anything else let me know.

 

Great picture Brian, thanks.

 

Would I be better off putting together the whole assembly and bolting it in, or is installing a piece at a time much easier?