Left inside tie rod end....

[raygreenwood]

[raygreenwood]

Here are a few pictures of an alternative way of getting the 9 degree tie rod end. This could easily be used for the T-34 and Porsche 912 20 degree tie rod end but you would probably go to 7/8"-1" hex bar.

The complete tie rod with adapter:

End detail

the inner end on here right now is just the Flennor for fit. It has not been pinned yet

Back cap construction detail of the superb NOS TRW tie rod ends I have for both ends of these rods

Side detail with boot. Nice boot.

Sorry for the crappy pics. My lighting set up and photo backdrop space is busy right now so I just snapped these on the fly. Ray

[Heckrazr]

Ray greenwood, they are all Meyle tie rod ends
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69 Fastback

[Heckrazr]

And these were for my 69 fastback
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[raygreenwood]

Thank you. Did you buy any of the 9° bent ones....or just the straight ones?
Quality on every company's joints is going up and down. The Meyles....I dont have a real grip on for current quality. I hear excellent and not so good from all over the place. If you could post a couple of detail pics it would be nice.

I am slowly putting together a tie-rod and balljoint "quality" and identification chart in pictures.
Ray

[eyetzr]

Ray, nice job on the adapter, very well done.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[raygreenwood]

[Erik G]

as I mentioned in my thread, I was able to score a complete NOS assembly, left tie rod and both inner and outer ends.

but look at what I took off. The end is angled the wrong way. And, this was the outer, the inner was straight (and actually in pretty good condition, the outer seen below was like playing with a rubber band it was so worn)

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[raygreenwood]

You should section the outer one with an angle grinder. if its like a "rubber band"...I can almost exactly tell you what you will find inside.......AND....if I am correct...its one of the reasons I would not buy NOS joints that are REALLY NOS.....meaning say.... pre-80's build or original 1960's/70's VW stamped items.

What I found inside of the original 1971, 1972 and 1973 joints from my 412 (which are the same for type 3)....is that the same incorrect nylon 6 was used that was also used in the centerlink bushings of super beetle and type 4 cars.

It absorbs moisture with age and literally turns to a mush. It can do so even on the shelf without being installed to a certain extent because it absorbs moisture and solvents from the grease inside.

If so....what you have can have a short life span. If its 80's on up it usually has nylon 12 inside and will last for eons unless you mix grease types that are incompatible and then get an oxidization reaction that can start affecting the nylon.

All of this is part of why I started getting picky recently about what quality of tie rod ends I was getting. Ray

[Guubeli]

I have some NOS early model '62-'67 Type 3 left inner angled tie rod ends.
These are hard to find and these are original VW parts, no aftermarket.

[jismay]

Bumping an older thread.
Just ordered a full set of suspension parts for my 1970 Type 3 from RockAuto.com.

This is what I received for the left-inner tie rod end.
Don't know if I just got lucky with a NOS part, but for what its worth...
Only paid ~$20 for this one.

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1979 Beetle Convertible
1980 Vanagon Westfalia
1989 VW Cabriolet

[Bryan67]

Did it come in the AC Delco box or the Ocap bag?
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[raygreenwood]

[jismay]

[armoredpinata]

Is finding 9 degree left inners an issue any more? Rock auto still has the ACDelco 45A0142 in stock for $17 and Amazon lists at least 3 in stock: ACDelco 45A0142, Centric 612.33044, & Rare Parts RP26245 (looks identical to Centric). Even AutoZone has RP26245 listed. I've no idea about quality of the Centric parts so ordered the ACDelco part from Rock Auto.

[Brent]

I bought a couple of these from Rock Auto.

Unlike the original ones, it appears they have a relief notch cut in the top of them between the body and threaded end and are bent to 9 degrees. You can see the notch in the above picture. They really appear to have started out as straight tie rod ends.

Maybe not an issue, but an observation...
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[Tvättbjörn]

Any update on a manufacture making those early ( up to 67 ) left inner tie rod ends again?

I did find one at autozone and kragen made by RareParts # 26244 . The picture looks like the boot is separate and just sits on top of the end piece and is held in place when it is installed. Looks kind of funky. Anybody seen it in person?

I like NOS but one member was saying something in a different posting that there were two different types of plastic the manufactures used before 1980 and after 1980 and the early type of plastic would fall apart due to moisture over time even just by sitting on the shelf. Because of it the rod end would not last long and wear out quick.

Not sure how to tell what year a tie rod end was made since they have no year stamp on it.

[vwsplitvan]

Can anyone please confirm the thread direction on the inner tie rod end?

Left side of car where it meets steering box.

69 car

Be great help as not with car right now. 👍 Thanks

My car is lowered so I have been sent the straight tie rod.
On the Febi box it is part no. 311 415 812C
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[blues90]

[vwsplitvan]

Thanks blues90 l
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SBS #20 UK

RHD 62 Ragtop Beetle Beryl Green
LHD 69 Squareback Peru Green
LHD 63 Splitscreen Highroof Pearl White