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Help me ID these tie rod ends

Justin Bowen

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My 73 Midget had two tie rod ends in the trunk. New in the box. I incorrectly assumed they were for this particular vehicle.

After I got one of the old tie rod ends off I realized the difference. The new part looks the same from a distance, but the threaded stud is larger in diameter and it's made for a larger diameter tie rod.

The ends are made by a company called Perfect Circle, which I found was part of the Dana corporation. The part number is 269-2409. Can someone identify what car these are for? Maybe a B?
 
Can't help, but I can tell you that later 1500 Midgets have a bigger diameter tie rod end...maybe these were mis-ordered and are meant for the newer Midgets.
 
The earlier cars also used the larger diameter tie rods. For some reason, the smaller ones were used for quite awhile, I think on all 1275 cars, and then they went back to the big ones.
Jeff
 
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