Right then, time for an update. The washer arrived from Peugeot today. Luckily the parts man is friendly with me and he arranged it to be delivered to me at no extra post to myself which saved me the 10 mile round hike.
Now, onto the part itself. Well, it was far more what I was expecting from Piggy's description than what Lemforder supplied.
This is the side that interfaces with the track rod:
This is the other side that goes into the slot on the steering rack:
I started this job last Saturday so assuming I get done today it will have taken 6 days to replace a simple track rod end/track rod! I've got to undo the track rod because I fitted it to see if the Lemforder washer would do anything but it clearly didn't.
I can see why after all this hassle the last person to fit a new track rod chose to leave the washer out! But that is not advisable, if it comes loose it would mess the tracking right up and would have kept messing it up until the rod was replaced.
Edit: Disregard what I said about the groove on the steering rack, the tab on the back of the washer does NOT go in there, it just ended up no where in particular when I tightened the track rod. I think the washer just works off of simple spring tension.
Now, onto the part itself. Well, it was far more what I was expecting from Piggy's description than what Lemforder supplied.
This is the side that interfaces with the track rod:
This is the other side that goes into the slot on the steering rack:
I started this job last Saturday so assuming I get done today it will have taken 6 days to replace a simple track rod end/track rod! I've got to undo the track rod because I fitted it to see if the Lemforder washer would do anything but it clearly didn't.
I can see why after all this hassle the last person to fit a new track rod chose to leave the washer out! But that is not advisable, if it comes loose it would mess the tracking right up and would have kept messing it up until the rod was replaced.
Edit: Disregard what I said about the groove on the steering rack, the tab on the back of the washer does NOT go in there, it just ended up no where in particular when I tightened the track rod. I think the washer just works off of simple spring tension.