Tie Rod Issue Please Help!!!

[DTNODYA]

Stangless,

Damn my car was gross when I posted that. Uhhhhhh....

Anyway, the part with the green arrows pointing to it is the actual "Tie Tod, AKA Inner Tie Rod" It goes into the boot and I'm pretty sure that a nut holds it in place but I don't really know for a fact. I didn't replace mine, I just replaced my "Tie Rod Ends", which are the pieces that are screwed onto the ends of the "tie rod/inner tie rod".

So, basically the steering rack has two inner tie rods coming out of it and tie rod ends screw onto the end of each inner tie rod (used to adjust toe for alignments)... Damn that sounds confusing if you read it fast.

Hope that helps some. I STILL don't know if inner tie rods go bad or what .... but now that my thread is alive again, maybe someone will enlighten us further.

 

[BeCool]

how do you get the inners out?

 

[BlackenedSVT]

rezzed from the dead huh?

 

[DTNODYA]

What up thread. :SNSign:

No idea how to get the inners out.

Hey, at least somebody is using the search button.

 

[HoustonGT]

THis thread has lots of useful info. I just had my alignment done and my outer tie rod ends need to be replaced as well it seems. If i put my hands on the tire at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, i can shake it back and forth. Might get new ball joints while i'm at it.

 

[Stang|ess]

THis thread has lots of useful info. I just had my alignment done and my outer tie rod ends need to be replaced as well it seems. If i put my hands on the tire at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, i can shake it back and forth. Might get new ball joints while i'm at it.

If I can do that, I need to replace the outer tierods?

 

[Mike97gt]

If I can do that, I need to replace the outer tierods?

when you do this ( with the wheels off the ground) you will be able to move the wheels just like the car si turning, but if you feel looseness while you do that then you need either outer or inner tie rods and you need to feel around while moving the wheel firmly to feel where the play is.