Tie rod ends

[birdman]

how hard is it to do inner and outer tie rod ends yourself? do you need any special tools to do it? thanks.

[Crazy K]

yes you need special tools for the inner tierods, and maybe a ball joint fork would help with the outers... or even a tierod seperator!

 

You can rent these tools at autozone!

 

meanwhile, long time no see!

[birdman]

ok so all i need is a tie rod seperator??? and yea, long time no see but i will be at the griggs meet so...... :willynilly:

[White93z34]

i just did this in the tail end of winter. its not too bad, a sawzall isan't always bad to have if a jerk nut is particularly stuborn.

 

you will have to remove the metal bands over the boots on the steering rack to get the boot off, i used a long screwdriver to pry them apart and remove them, instead of getting new ones, i used long zip ties in place of them since there simply wasen't enough room to do anything but.

 

as for special tools, i rented a inner tie rod tool from a pep-boys for the job, made inner replacement prety easy.

 

and you absoutely MUST get the car aligned directly afterwards.

 

and questions feel free to ask.

[birdman]

alright, thanks alot. i wanted to do tie rods, shocks, struts, addco rear sway bar, and lower it and then get it aligned. the order i am going to do it is still up in the air for now but thanks for the info.