RE: [T3] Drivers Side Inner Tie Rod End- Question?

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 26 Aug 2003 at 7:40, Steve Janninck wrote:

> I've wondered how hard it would be to bend one? I'll bet that's how they
> were
> originally made and that the material is malleable enough not to care.

> Thats a great idea, I think I have the technology to do that. I should have
> thought of that.

I'd use a hydraulic press to control it, and screw the threaded end fully into 
a matching threaded sleeve to protect the threads while bending, and to keep 
the threaded part from bending also.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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