Ke20 Crossmember Into A Ke10

[rollin_stock]

Hey guys, ive been trying to get Ke20 struts into my Ke10, ive tried using Ke20 balljoints in the Ke10 control arm, had all that bolted up no worries. Only problem is getting an outer tie rod to fit the Ke20 steering arm. Ive tried putting the whole Ke20 draglink,idler,pitman and tierods in. The drag link and inner tie rods hit the Ke10 crossmember.

 

 

Only thing I can think to do is use the Ke20 crossmember but how do I mount the radius rod mounts? Ive seen them welded but I'm reluctant to do so because the thing is overrated and nearly 40yrs old.

 

Any help appreciated!

 

Cheers

[ScottKE1X]

Sean,

Try get in contact with a bloke called Nathan, think he was "ke1500" he did simular mods to his

ke15. I remember him discussing it with Stewart Ford a few years back. got quite technical...

he's here in Adelaide too.

 

Good luck with it, let us know how you go.

 

Scott.

 

 

Hey guys, ive been trying to get Ke20 struts into my Ke10, ive tried using Ke20 balljoints in the Ke10 control arm, had all that bolted up no worries. Only problem is getting an outer tie rod to fit the Ke20 steering arm. Ive tried putting the whole Ke20 draglink,idler,pitman and tierods in. The drag link and inner tie rods hit the Ke10 crossmember.

Only thing I can think to do is use the Ke20 crossmember but how do I mount the radius rod mounts? Ive seen them welded but I'm reluctant to do so because the thing is overrated and nearly 40yrs old.

 

Any help appreciated!

 

Cheers

[rollin_stock]

Ive put this into the too hard basket, I'm making up tie rods to go from Ke20 outer rod end to Ke10 inner.

Hopefully it will all work out!

[Felix]

There were both coarse pitch and fine pitch tierods on the ke1x series. Earlier ke10/15/16s have coarse pitch threads, the later ke11/17/18s fine pitch.

[rollin_stock]

There were both coarse pitch and fine pitch tierods on the ke1x series. Earlier ke10/15/16s have coarse pitch threads, the later ke11/17/18s fine pitch.

 

Cheers Felix, I know that, I'm making up the Tie-Rod itself, not the ends. Ive already got brand new tie-rod ends for the Ke10 (outers will now go to waste), just have to go get some new Ke20 outer tie-rod ends when I have it all fitting up, length of the tie-rod itself is going to be hard to work out. Another issue is getting the lower arm to not hit the crossmember, the cars going to be pretty low, I think getting spacers for under the strut (roll centre adjusters) will fix that problem, but then give me more positive camber.

[kickn5k]

Cheers Felix, I know that, I'm making up the Tie-Rod itself, not the ends. Ive already got brand new tie-rod ends for the Ke10 (outers will now go to waste), just have to go get some new Ke20 outer tie-rod ends when I have it all fitting up, length of the tie-rod itself is going to be hard to work out. Another issue is getting the lower arm to not hit the crossmember, the cars going to be pretty low, I think getting spacers for under the strut (roll centre adjusters) will fix that problem, but then give me more positive camber.

 

Hey sean,

My draglink bar rubs on the arm bushes too, You`ll see what i mean when you get the photos.

 

stu.