98 Mustang Gt Inner & Outer Tire Rods

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Marc Michel

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• Mar 18, 2014

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I recently got 2 brand new tires for the front end of my ride. The shop I went to did not tell me that my inner and outer tire rods are extremely loose and need replacing. When I went to get an alignment I was told it couldn't be done because of this issue. How long do I have until I totally mess up my new tires? Can this be problematic?

 

flstang65

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• Mar 22, 2014

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depends on how much you drive and how bad they are. get them fixed asap.

 

Mattstang04

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• Mar 23, 2014

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Instead of replacing inner tie rods, may I recommend you save yourself a huge PITA and get a rebuilt steering rack. I went through the trouble of replacing inners once. Shortly thereafter I realized that I unknowingly damaged a seal inside the rack during the repair. It started leaking and I had to replace the whole rack anyway. Lost a bunch of money and time on doing the inner tie rods.

 

wmburns

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Mar 23, 2014

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• Mar 23, 2014

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+1 on above. Consider a reman'ed steering rack instead.

 

trinity_gt

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• Mar 23, 2014

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For me, alignment and tire wear concerns would rank second to a worn joint separating resulting in a very bad day...

Don't drive a car with known-bad steering components.