Or are the 88 inner tie-rods really that much of a bitch to do?
I bought the special inner tie-rod tool and everything, put it up on the lift, took some measurements, cut off the outer tie rods and attempted to remove the inners. Only then I realized the ends of the tie-rods were crushed to match a flat area on the rack, on both sides. Messed around with that for a bit, then just decided screw it I'll take the whole rack out. Yanked out the tub, wrestled the rack out, put a grinding wheel to the inner rods and finally managed to get them off.
Put it all back together, found out I lost about 5 hours on that job and a decent amount of blood, nailed my rotors pretty good with my face, twice. That part there I know I just suck, gotta remember not to turn around too quick while the car is up on the lift next to me. :thumbleft:
Was there an easier way to do this, or did that rack and all the other shit really have to come out? I couldn't figure another way of releasing the inner tie-rods with it in the car, and didn't see an easy way of removing the rack without pulling the spare tire tub.
Do I just suck?
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Do you rely on the rack for leverage, or use another wrench to hold it in place? I wasn't too comfortable applying that much force on the rack.
I was thinking of dremel, but didn't really see room in-car to do it. The rear crushed area was right close to the cross-member. The front one I could possibly have dremeled without too much trouble.
Also - I didn't crush the new Rodney replacements down, I just cranked em on there with the tie rod tool and used the nut on the outer tie-rod end. Think that could be a problem? I can't really see it coming undone at all.
I was thinking of dremel, but didn't really see room in-car to do it. The rear crushed area was right close to the cross-member. The front one I could possibly have dremeled without too much trouble.
Also - I didn't crush the new Rodney replacements down, I just cranked em on there with the tie rod tool and used the nut on the outer tie-rod end. Think that could be a problem? I can't really see it coming undone at all.
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I don't remember how I supported it. I think I just stuck a handle on the pinion and used that.Xanth wrote:Do you rely on the rack for leverage, or use another wrench to hold it in place? I wasn't too comfortable applying that much force on the rack.
I was thinking of dremel, but didn't really see room in-car to do it. The rear crushed area was right close to the cross-member. The front one I could possibly have dremeled without too much trouble.
Also - I didn't crush the new Rodney replacements down, I just cranked em on there with the tie rod tool and used the nut on the outer tie-rod end. Think that could be a problem? I can't really see it coming undone at all.
I cranked mine on as well and they never came loose..... but I also used red loctite.
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