Tie rods, are they sided?

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Tie rods, are they sided?

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Can anyone tell me if the radius arms are sided as im "watching" these things and other parts on fleabay bc MOT is due in Oct and would like to avoid parts delivery delay come mot time and dont want to replace parts that dont need to be, "dont fix wot aint broke, YET"
So, are they sided or not?? replies more than welcome :D
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no they are not, both of mine were identical.
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Re: Tie rods, are they sided?

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123-jn wrote:no they are not, both of mine were identical.

BUT early ones are different from your late set up.

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I stand corrected having looked at a diagram they are very sided on the early ones!!!
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