Opinions needed.....I know, another what should I do post :)

[Nicksan]

Should I try to taper the holes in my stock Kinpin spindles with a file and drill bits so the ford tie rod ends will fit or should I just dish out the 70 bucks or however much it is for heim ends and the misalignment adapters, if I can find some that will fit the ford threads in my tie rods.
This was really poor planning on my part because I had to have disk brakes up front and the combo spindles use those darn balljoint backing plates

Thanks for the return pm shmo.

[Jowlz]

If you have the same tie rods that I used as a model they will take 5/8" 18 thread if I remember correctly. That would mean 5/8" heims.

I sacrificed the disk brakes up front and went combo. I reasoned that most of the weight of my Baja is in the rear..so I went disk rear with drums up front. Someone could make a fortune making a disk brake set up that wasnt $700. As I would go that route if the cost wasnt so crazy.

I would drill and taper the holes out in your spindles and give the Ford ends a go if you have them. If you dont like something about the fit..switch to heims. I think you will still have to drill out the spindles to accomodate the hardware with 5/8" heims.

My memory isn't the greatest and I would have to look at what I have at the house..but this seems right to me.
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[Nicksan]

Yea your right. I remember the other thread now. I will still need to drill out the spindle for the 5/8th heim but the benefit would be that I would not need to taper the hole and the heim would be a better fit but of course I would need to sink even more money into my baja........errr......parking lot baja. lol.

[USMCord1]

It depends on which you have more of, time or money
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[SHMO]

And, you don't have to drill out the steering arm as large as you might think. There are high misaleignment adapters that can accept 1/2 stud to 5/8 heims. Furthermore, there are adapaters that can go directly from a tapered mount to a heim, basically that route is a direct bolt in. Something to think about.

SHMO
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[Nicksan]

I might take a trip to kartek tomorrow to see if they have what I need.