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Originally Posted by pawoSD
You can't just replace them, the car needs to be aligned afterward. Its impossible to get the new one exactly the same length as the old one.
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hes probably going to do that anyway, what with everything else hes added.
If the original rods not bent, you can measure carefully and get the new one really close though in lieu of or before an alignment. Ive done that before, I did not notice exceptional tire wear and any pull after. I ended up doing a driveway alignment a few thousand miles later when i got "new" tires.
Was a PITA though at the time because the replacement rod end was a different casting shape than original. I had to measure from the base of the tapered cone part of the threaded post after I had squared them on the new and old.
Counting the turns or threads would not have worked with the oddball castings