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Well, years ago, I purchased a dui Mk. II Golf which had been slid sideways and kissed a curb or something. Anyway, I learned that cast iron will, indeed, bend. The lever arm on the spindle (where the tie rod attaches) had actually bent in the arc when it made rather swift contact with the curb.
In about 85 I had to replace the tie rods on my 81 Rabbit Diesel, no power steering. It too had the fixed rod on the passenger side. All I could find at the time were the single tie-rod ends, but I used the inners off of a 84 Cabriolet, and after 85 I had separate inner rods and outer.
If you still have the factory non-adjustable tie rod on one side, just replace it - that thing is old AF. All the new ones are adjustable, that was just for their assembly line.
I've struggled with this on my mkv gti and with my mk7 golf r, shops rarely seem to take care to get the steering wheel centered when they align it.
i had to custom make my tie rods, use mk4 outer tie rods because they are about 1" longer per side which should do it, i would just stick with yours and loop your lines or buy this kit, ive done it both ways with the same results, ****ty steering
I have heard you can run manual steering equipped canadian mk3 tie rod arms/rods. Part#'s: 1H0 419 803 ... left side 1H0 419 804 .... right Last time I checked they were quite pricey.
I just went R32 LCA and knuckles. Flipped the tie rod and no issues or cutting bending etc..
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