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Old 13th October 2018, 10:14 AM
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The other problem I’m having is I have a wishbone with m16 thread and another with m14 thread. Should I just drill and tap the m14 to m16?
Hi,
Can't help you about the drag link, even if I would not be surprised that a drag link is be listed as a tie rod end: there is not much difference between these two kinds of parts.

Regarding the threads, just make sure of the pitch as well as the diameter. Drag links and tie rod ends often have fine thread.

For example, what we usually call just "M16" is a coarse thread: M16x2.00 (10 threads on 20mm=1 thread every 2mm)

But the corresponding fine thread for 16mm can be 16x1.25 (10 threads on 12.5mm) or 16x1.5 (10 threads on 15mm)

So check the pitch of your drag link, before re-tapping your wishbones.

Perhaps someone here who built an MX5 Roadster can tell us what it is?

Hope that will help
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