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Old 09-01-2020, 08:13 PM   #1
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Default Solid Spindle Connecting Rods (Tie Rods)

Has anybody ever run into SOLID Spindle Connecting Rods or Tie Rods which may have been used during the Model A Ford production period?

And if so...Just how did you determine it was SOLID and not a tube?

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My 29 ccpu had a solid tie rod.

Of course it may have been changed out at some point....but we've owned it since 1962.

It is worn part way through....picture attached...

Would a factory installed part be marked in any way?
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Would a factory installed part be marked in any way?
Ford like to put their name on as many parts as possible, so it's possible, if it's original, that it has "Ford" on it somewhere.
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Ford like to put their name on as many parts as possible, so it's possible, if it's original, that it has "Ford" on it somewhere.
I'll go get it and clean it up and see what I find......film at 11.....
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I was wrong.

It is not solid.

I could find no letters or numbers on it.

I'm lucky I changed it for a new solid repo replacement.

The old rod/tube is .701" in diameter, but the worn area is only .542".

I was able to easily drive a punch through what little tube remained in that worn area.

You can also see that the end is capped.
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I was wrong.

It is not solid.

I could find no letters or numbers on it.

I'm lucky I changed it for a new solid repo replacement.

The old rod/tube is .701" in diameter, but the worn area is only .542".

I was able to easily drive a punch through what little tube remained in that worn area.

You can also see that the end is capped.
Not "capped" but about a 3 inch plug.

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