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Tie rod ends - advice needed

Mar 1, 2009
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Just a quick one, the cupras going into the garage on Tuesday to have its wishbones, balljoints and tie rod ends done.

I ordered the tie rod ends from euro car parts:

Right side:

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/S...29215fe4dcf14319e4663a079c4cb3875bde7aa2&TROD

Left side:

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/S...df0e2723bf55d4e2e88211d1f0e2251c3ad7feee&TROD

Upon receiving the tie rods, one is bigger than the other, ( see picture) they are also from different manufactures, I know one of them must be wrong, but unsure as to which one is the right one (im guessing the big one?)

Any help appreciated, as I only have Monday to get the correct part.

Many thanks

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tarzan

cupra owner from norway
Mar 15, 2008
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drammen norway
hade problems with getting the right ones mine are 95mm from center to the end og it.
left ones looks like the ones i used when changed mine 3 weeks ago.
 
Mar 1, 2009
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Liverpool
hade problems with getting the right ones mine are 95mm from center to the end og it.
left ones looks like the ones i used when changed mine 3 weeks ago.

Thanks mate, yeah the one to the left is 95mm from the end.
Think the smaller black one is a one for a none ABS car, just hope eurocarparts have the right one in stock on Saturday... fingers crossed.

Just taken a look at the part on euro carparts, I did order the right ones, but they have the same part numbers for cars for and without ABS... so they've packed the wrong one....great!
 
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EZ Tutty

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while the longer one will prolly work, they both look wrong to me.

I changed mine recently and found there were a few variations, but my original ones and the ones i replaced them with had a hex section on the end.

I ended up borrowing the catalog from the place i got them from to pick out the right ones.

However most of the varients do have the same thread, so the longer one should work for you.
 
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tarzan

cupra owner from norway
Mar 15, 2008
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drammen norway
while the longer one will prolly work, they both look wrong to me.

I changed mine recently and found there were a few variations, but my original ones and the ones i replaced them with had a hex section on the end.

I ended up borrowing the catalog from the place i got them from to pick out the right ones.

However most of the varients do have the same thread, so the longer one should work for you.
i know had to take mine off and take it to 3 places before i got the right ones:blink:
 
Mar 1, 2009
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Liverpool
Cheers for the advice, I compared the larger one to the one currently fitted, like you said Tutty, the new one didnt have the hex section, but it looked the same apart from that.

Going to get one the same size for the left side, will see if they fit, if not then ill need to look around elsewhere.

Thing is, when I go to look on euro car parts, for the ibiza cupra im presented with this list of tie rod ends!:
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/S...ion-and-Steering/Steering/Track-Rods-and-Ends
 

tarzan

cupra owner from norway
Mar 15, 2008
1,122
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drammen norway
Cheers for the advice, I compared the larger one to the one currently fitted, like you said Tutty, the new one didnt have the hex section, but it looked the same apart from that.

Going to get one the same size for the left side, will see if they fit, if not then ill need to look around elsewhere.

Thing is, when I go to look on euro car parts, for the ibiza cupra im presented with this list of tie rod ends!:
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/S...ion-and-Steering/Steering/Track-Rods-and-Ends

i have 95mm both sides
 
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