89-W-Body-Regal Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) I am going to need inner tie rods. The kit I have has only 3 adaptors but does not fit my inner tie rod. I am thinking about buying a kit from harbor freight that has 8 adaptor crow feet in them. What size removes the inner tie rods? I have an 89 Buick Regal 2.8 V-6. Maybe I can just buy the adaptor if you guys can tell me the correct size. Edited June 27, 2022 by 89-W-Body-Regal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmangrimes Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 When I did the inner tie rods on my 95 Cutlass a few years ago I didn't use any special adapter. Are you talking about finding a tool that fits the flats on the inner tie rod to unscrew it from the steering rack? I just crawled under the car and used an adjustable wrench. Maybe it's different for your '89. It wasn't that tight on my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 I have the old Harbor Freight one, maybe the new ones are better. mine was initially too small to fit over the tie rod I had to use a die grinder or something like that to slightly open up the ID so it would slide over, but other then that it did work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55trucker Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 If one's back is up against the wall......pipe wrench, 16" (one size fits all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89-W-Body-Regal Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/27/2022 at 5:40 PM, oldmangrimes said: When I did the inner tie rods on my 95 Cutlass a few years ago I didn't use any special adapter. Are you talking about finding a tool that fits the flats on the inner tie rod to unscrew it from the steering rack? I just crawled under the car and used an adjustable wrench. Maybe it's different for your '89. It wasn't that tight on my car. Really? It came loose with a adjustable wrench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmangrimes Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 15 hours ago, 89-W-Body-Regal said: Really? It came loose with a adjustable wrench? Well, maybe not, it's been a few years and I've replaced tie rods of my other cars since then. I looked at the picture of the harbor freight tool and it looks familiar so maybe I did buy one and use it. Oops, sorry, I'm getting forgetful in my old age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89-W-Body-Regal Posted July 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) On 7/1/2022 at 5:00 PM, oldmangrimes said: Well, maybe not, it's been a few years and I've replaced tie rods of my other cars since then. I looked at the picture of the harbor freight tool and it looks familiar so maybe I did buy one and use it. Oops, sorry, I'm getting forgetful in my old age. I have seen a lot of people break it loose with a wrench. But these day's in the shops I work at most just use an impact and remove it with the tool I invest in. It can be a pain to remove it with a wrench after having the inner tie rod on there after many years. Then when installing new inner tie rod I seen it has to be torqued on with a torque wrench. Most shops just use the impact and NEVER torque them. Edited July 8, 2022 by 89-W-Body-Regal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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