How To Make An 18 Automatic Into A 23 Automatique LSE

9.) Greased the axle/spindle opening
10.) Upper Thrust Washer
11.) Greased
12.) Thrust Needle Bearing
13.) Greased
14.) Lower Thrust Washer
15.) Greased
16.) Left Spindle
17.) Installed
18.) "E"-Clip
19.) Installed
20-29.) Ditto 9 through 19 for the Right Side {not shown}
30.) Greased the spindle zirks here
Front axle/spindles complete

Next, are the Tie Rods and Steering Bell-Crank

My previous post should have stated. "Ditto 20 through 29 for the Right Side {not shown}" not 9-19. I did not catch my mistake soon enough.

31.) Steering Bell-Crank {this is an extended height bell-crank}
32.) Grease Zirk
33.) Upper washer (non OEM) {I ground a hardened washer down to fit inside of the I.D. of the bigger washer, because I was unable to find a hardened washer with the correct ID/OD. that this required}
34.) Bushing Surround Washer (non OEM) {this is required in order to allow the bell-crank to pivot freely}
35.) Bushing Extension (non OEM)
36.) Bushing
37.) Bell-Crank positioned on upper washer
38.) Lower Washer (non OEM) {I ground a hardened washer down to fit inside of the I.D. of the bigger washer, because I was unable to find a hardened washer with the correct O.D/I.D. that this required}
3 9.) Bolt {This is longer than OEM}
40.) Lock Nut / Installed, I greased the bell- crank here
41.) Tie Rod End (non OEM) Metric
42.) Tie Rod End with Spacer (non OEM) Metric
43.) Tie Rod (Bored out and tapped for the metric threads)
44.) Tie Rod/ Tie Rod End assembly
45.) Tie Rod End/ Tie Rod/ Tie Rod End mounted bell-crank to left spindle (notice the Tie Rod End that mounts to the spindle has the spacer)
46.) Tie Rod End/ Tie Rod/ Tie Rod End mounted bell-crank to right spindle
47.) Drag Link Tie Rod End mounted to the Bell-crank

{P.S. Next is the front wheels and tires}

nappypappy wrote:

Geno wrote: Thanks for putting all of this in here Mark. It's so nice to watch someone else do one.

I would like to know about the tie rods like where did Mark get them and any more info on them...I need to replace mine and those would look good on my 416..............yes they would.......

Nappy, these are made for Volkswagens, they are available in both Rt threaded and LF threaded. I purchased mine from eBay, eBay item number:201724059861they are metric and the tie rods and drag link were bored oversized and retapped.