that, to me, looks dangerous. you can tell there's not much heat in the weld due to the lack of color into the pieces being welded.

 

I think you're probably right. Thats the R-W one from Jeff Jones' old car. But is there another reason that you re-weld thetie rod pickup on the same plane instead of stepping down?

I guess my reasoning when I decided to try the step was because I thought it gave me more available weld area. I'm not sure if I've potentially hurt the performance of the knuckle by changing the pickup plane.

 

i like using the taper rod and spacers to adjust bump steer, I also make some adjustment to the pick up point for this as well.. just dropping it down and using what angle is there I don't feel is the best solution. also unless you grind all the edges down to a V and build the weld you're not going to get very good penetration....

 

I wish I had some pics from when I was making them. I didn't grind them to a full v. Basically because I had the two pieces clamped together so a v would not have been too conducive to that. I ground them like this:

 

mig or tig?

 

Mig

 

yeah, i would suggest tig..

 

have tried looking into rack spacers and outer tie rod kits. the only thing that comes up for the tie rods is a set of megans that are not reccomended, and as far as rack spacers im kind of clueless. Any help? im gonna try and put these spindles on this week regardless

 

mazdatrix sells rack spacers

 

rack spacers are on order, and how about those aftermarket tie rods?

 

where did you get your spacers? mazdatrix? I'm looking for tie rods as well..

 

yes. mazdatrix. Who is running aftermarket tie rods/where the hell did you find them?

Megan Racing is no bueno.... (for tie rods that is)