(24-03-2020, 10:01 PM)Ian Williams Wrote: I am not understanding you question about cotter bolted through and bending the ends, a picture might help clarify what you are asking???
Sorry- havent got one.. but i think its the "jaws" of the end which hold the cotter. Imagine some numpty on a farm not having a new cotter, and putting a bolt down through of the same diameter, and tightening it a bit too much without having any shims in place? So its bent in two places...
I seemed to manage it all, anyway! [The above problem is another spare track control end] The older steel bush doesnt seem to want to take any grease so I'm assuming its a good fit and it will free up with a bit of use.
Re. the shimming gap, in the end I used a thin shim meant for the kingpin - not perfect but stops up down movement. Why oh why NOT have thin shims for track rod ends though? - we will never get "non-specialist" youngsters into the interest group if things are this difficult after 60 years of people fettling them...?
Thanks for all the other replies. Made it go easier than it could have been....