Some of you may remember awhile back I was attempting to correct the suspension geometry on my 944. The original problem involves dropping the cross member about 1/4" to make room for the LS motor, this puts the steering rack rather out of whack with the A arm etc...
My original idea was to drill out a 1/2" heim joint, thread it for the porsche's 14mm tie rods, and then use a 1/2" bolt through the drilled spindle, as well as some lab metal to keep the assembly from rattling around.......
You guys then stepped in and smacked some sense into me, since then I have been talking it over with a member of our boards who is notorious for his nuke-proof solutions, and he came up with some pretty good stuff, we have a 5/8" heim joint with a custom made pin, the spindle is drilled and reamed to 5/8". the inner tie rod is a cheap toyota inner tie rod end which mates to the porsche rack nicely.
and installed:
Everything was going well and good until I decided that I didn't want to deal with the fluid fountain known as the 944 power steering rack. Instead I have opted for a manual steering rack, which should be nice and simple.... It is not, the manual rack has male threads and requires that the inner tie rod is female threads, anyone have any ideas of where to look for an inner tie rod similar to above toyota part (7 bucks) but can accommodate the male rack? I know that some folks just machined the rack to accept the male end, and I was considering this, but if its a matter of finding a generic part id rather go that route. Any ideas? I dont have the size/thread pitch yet but I can measure if need be.
