Aspire vs festiva tie rod ends

[ejp2fast]

so i am doing the aspire swap now, and ordered new aspire tie rod ends... i was anxious to get it done, so i just left the festiva ones on for now until the aspire ones arrive, and the festiva TR ends fit into the aspire hub/spindle assy with no issues... whats the real difference? aspire ends arrived today, and appear to be identical...
i do know that the aspire and escort gt tie rod ends are the same, but if i am having no issues, can i use the festiva ones???

[btaylor]

Not sure, in my experience I ordered Aspire tie rod ends off eBay and they were identical to my festiva ones....

[FestYboy]

the seat diameters are different between festy and aspire. EGT ends are longer than aspire ends so either cut down 3/8" of the EGT end or take the keep nut all the way to the stop to get it close.

[91blufestiva]

^ wait, I've read that Escort ones are the same as aspire ones?

[ejp2fast]

thanks.. i will swap in the aspire ones anyway, so if i put white out on the current festiva inner tie rod threads, the new aspire outer tie rod ends will be the same for alignment issues i would assume..

[FestYboy]

^ wait, I've read that Escort ones are the same as aspire ones?

the conical seat and threads are the same but the body length is different.

[Safety Guy]

Arty, are "keep nuts" the same as "jam nuts?" I'm confused.

I've used straight Escort tie rod ends without any problem. I think the GT ones are the same as regular Escort ends, too. Am I right?

Karl

[FestYboy]

as i needed to replace Caety's tierods, i looked up EGT and escort ends and they came up as two different part #s.... and yes, keep nuts are jam nuts.

this is all from my experiance using pepboys parts.

[Safety Guy]

Gotcha.

Karl

[ejp2fast]

here are the festiva and aspire outer tie rod ends side by side

Festiva Left, Aspire Right

I have an Escort Gt out back too... whenever I tear into that, i'll pull the outer tie rod off for fun and get a picture with my festiva tie rod end