Track rod ends.

Tickertyboo · 12th August 2010, 19:12

I was stood in the local motor factors this morning when the mechanic from the nearby garage came in and asked for a nearside track rod end for a Rover 75. The lad behind the counter said that he only had one for the offside and it wouldn't fit, the mechanic told him that it would fit if you knew how to do it. Can anybody shed some light on this. Just curious!

Les.

chrissyboy · 12th August 2010, 21:41

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Originally Posted by Tickertyboo

I was stood in the local motor factors this morning when the mechanic from the nearby garage came in and asked for a nearside track rod end for a Rover 75. The lad behind the counter said that he only had one for the offside and it wouldn't fit, the mechanic told him that it would fit if you knew how to do it. Can anybody shed some light on this. Just curious!

Les.

they cant fit as they are made for o/s or n/s side ,sounds like a right bodger,i pity the owner of the 75 he is repairing ,i mean bodging

HarryM1BYT · 12th August 2010, 21:51

My best guess, without looking at one, would be that the balljoint can be pressed out and reinserted the other way up.

T-Cut · 12th August 2010, 22:03

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Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

My best guess, without looking at one, would be that the balljoint can be pressed out and reinserted the other way up.

Not possible without wrecking the part. Track rod ends are handed so not interchangeable. A bodger might drill through the steering arm taper so the ball joint pin could be inserted from the other side. I can't imagine anybody being that stupid though.

TC

12th August 2010, 19:12	#1
Tickertyboo Regular poster Rover 75 CDT Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bishop Auckland. Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Track rod ends. I was stood in the local motor factors this morning when the mechanic from the nearby garage came in and asked for a nearside track rod end for a Rover 75. The lad behind the counter said that he only had one for the offside and it wouldn't fit, the mechanic told him that it would fit if you knew how to do it. Can anybody shed some light on this. Just curious! Les.

12th August 2010, 21:51	#3
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	My best guess, without looking at one, would be that the balljoint can be pressed out and reinserted the other way up.