{"id":112,"date":"2014-01-01T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/puma\/?p=112"},"modified":"2024-01-14T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:02:37","slug":"track-rods-and-steering-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Track rods and steering box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/P1280470r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130\" title=\"P1280470r\" src=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/P1280470r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something not quite right with the short track rod inside tie rod end. The others seem OK but when in doubt, replace them all.<\/p>\n<p>So 1 x PD-3989 (OEM 113 415 811), 2 x PD-3990 (OEM 113 415 812) and 1 x PD-0609 (OEM 113 415 813) from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driveway.com.br\/en\/\">Driveway Industria Brasileira de Auto Pecas LTDA<\/a> and we&#8217;re set (don&#8217;t judge me, this is what was available locally).<\/p>\n<p>I measured the track rod lengths before taking them apart, short = 305mm and long = 825mm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1280467r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131\" title=\"P1280467r\" src=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1280467r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My front beam has the two little nubbins for locating the steering box left-to-right, but the nubbins that key into the steering box clamp are not there. I will most likely have to re-adjust things when the dashboard is fitted and the steering wheel is in place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1280469r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132\" title=\"P1280469r\" src=\"http:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1280469r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steering box is 113 415 129 1 (113 415 061 is the number normally associated with the Beetle steering box). I bought it new, that&#8217;s just ten years&#8217; worth of dirt on it. Anybody know which company uses the &#8220;E in gear&#8221; logo?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something not quite right with the short track rod inside tie rod end. The others seem OK but when in doubt, replace them all. So 1 x PD-3989 (OEM 113 415 811), 2 x PD-3990 (OEM 113 415 812) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/?p=112\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puma.retro.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}