Tie rods needed

Kubelmann · Post by **Kubelmann** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:44 pm

I am doing a complete cut and turn restore of my 73 Thing front end. Bot of my tie rods are nasty rusted inside. I have new tie rod ends, clamps and nuts. What ai really need is a like new right side tie rod 181 415 802
Idea? K-mann

Bob Ingman · Post by **Bob Ingman** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 7:58 pm

K-mann , check with Mike Basso [email protected] http://www.thingparts.com
Good luck. Bob Ingman

dr. no · Post by **dr. no** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 12:42 pm

Unless you need 100% 181 parts, Beetle tie rods are exactly the same length.

Kubelmann · Post by **Kubelmann** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:34 pm

so the questions remains. What is the difference of a 181 and Bug/Ghia right tie rod? I am going to pull the right tie rod from my 73 bug donor to get to the bottom of this... RW

dr. no · Post by **dr. no** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:43 am

The 181 tie rod may be "beefier", but in two rebuilts I have used the Beetle part without problems.