Steering Rack Question

[ksechler]

Gentlemen:

Is there a schematic somewhere indicating bolt sizes associated with the steering rack. I searched the archive, but I am having some technical difficulties with the forum and my computer keeps locking up. Specifically I need to know what the size, pitch and class of the nuts are that lock the tie rod ends.

[zKars]

The tie rod adjusting threads are 14 x 1.5 LH and RH (threads, not side of the car) . Nuts to fit from class 5 up should be fine. Hope you don't mean the castle nut that locks the tie rod end end to the steering knuckle, but I think they are 14 x 1.5 as well.

[ksechler]

The tie rod adjusting threads are 14 x 1.5 LH and RH (threads, not side of the car) . Nuts to fit from class 5 up should be fine. Hope you don't mean the castle nut that locks the tie rod end end to the steering knuckle, but I think they are 14 x 1.5 as well.

Thanks. That reverse thread one was a little harder to find and about 3X more expensive. I can't imagine what it must have been like to do one of these projects without the ability to google and order a darn near infinite variety of parts.

[John Coffey]

I can't imagine what it must have been like to do one of these projects without the ability to google and order a darn near infinite variety of parts.

You would keep all the old parts and take them with you to the Nissan dealer to purchase replacements that were mostly in stock. Just about the time these parts went NLA the Internet came of age.