Can someone who has the manual rack from ffr not installed yet do me a huge favor and measure the total rack length, From thread to thread NOT INCLUDING THE OUTER TIE RODS.
I have a manual rack I purchased from someone on the forum a few years ago (while collecting parts before I ordered my MK4 base kit) that only had a couple hundred miles or so on it. Now that I'm installing it on my new MK4 kit it doesn't seem to be wide enough with the 5-inch tie rod ends. I measured my rack and it's about 44-1/4 inches wide from thread to thread BEFORE putting on the outer tie rod ends.
My issue is, in the MK4 complete manual it says to screw the tie rods on about 1-2 inches onto the rack, but when I do that, both of my wheels are way pointed into each other. so I really believe this rack may have been cut on the ends for some reason and they were using a longer outer tie rod for some reason. Any help on this would be great.
Btw, I am using the MK4 spindles with my build and the ffr lower control arms