sheffieldcortinacentre

Always just tightened them up no threadLock.

No it's a different size. & As above.

They're very hard to find as they be 40 odd years old & far as I know never available as a pattern part.

Sent you a message.

Must be single figure survivors especially estates not seen lone for years. Sure there was a register for them in the Cortina OC.

Being a late one I presume it's the one with 13mm nuts holding it to servo ( rather than the common 17mm ones) your better on German eBay ( eBay.de) or someone like motorbil as this is the common one on Taunus TC 2--3 . There getting hard to find now in the UK as they were only used on the 82 models.

Very nice & different being a carousel. Used to see an estate one back in the day pretty regularly.

They can't affect the geometry only the travel.

Some more measurements for you mk4-5 "cast iron rack" ( not late half Ali type sometimes called the German rack as fitted to continental built rhd cortinas not very common in UK) Main body tube overall length 57cm. Trod end to Trod end ( ball joint centre of pin vertical) all horizontal 127 cm. Driv side trod pin to end of tube ( main body) 35 cm Pass side as above 35 cm The late rack mounts are same distance & trod end to Trod end will be same as the racks are a straight swap as a complete unit. All racks use the same track rod ends wether manual or pas . Mk1-2 Granada racks are physically bigger & held by U bolts, Capri are mounted at an angle to cradle so neither will fit. 2wd sierra can be fitted with cradle mount mods only has one mounting bolt per side .

Ok no probs

As said loads have done this ,the cradles have minor differences over the years but nothing that would cause this. In 40 years of messing with these I've only once had a problem in the mid 90s as mentioned above ( actually the opposite ) but it was as baffling . I've had the lopsided rear ( one side lower than other several times which again defied all measuring one of mine is now 1 inch lower on pass side, so is spaced to level it up) drove the same either way but was noticeably wrong when measured at arches ( original not replaced) but not at axle mounting points ???? Twisted shell ?????? Again who knows, loads of people have come across this over the last 50 years but no one ever seemed to know what it was???

Both good brands.

Nope they look correct, if memory serves think Granada are a bit squarer