Tie Rod Ends

there pretty simple....the inner or outer?

 

Yea they can be replaced, and it's pretty easy, if you've ever set your toe, then your half way there. The first thing I suggest is marking the location of the capture nut to the tierod before loosening anything. Basicly you have to remove the tierod end from the hub, some have cotter pins, some just nylon lock nuts, but either way they need to be taken loose first. Usually a couple raps with a hammer at the point where the rod end attaches to the hub will break it free, but a pickle fork may be needed if really stubborn. Once removed from the hub end, you simply loosen the capture nut and just rotate the joint by hand and oh my god it's right there in your hand, waiting to be thrown away, or returned for core charge whichever way you go.

If you like,I've got to replace mine pretty soon, so I take pics and include a little write up.

racerb

 

Since you may go through them faster than the rest of us, what do you notice when they are going bad ?

 

A good sign, is a ruptured dust boot and zero grease and/or very little grease left. Another sign is when every other part of your steering is working great, there is still extra effort needed to steer the car, along with some clunking and/or gridding in the steering. Actually I have had really good success with tierod ends, if replaced at the beginning of your build, they usually last forever. CV joints are were constant attention is needed, mostly cause of the extra heat and stress of racing.

racerb

 

Hey rye, your going to need more than just a tierod end, your going to need the entire tierod assembly. And yes they can be replaced, you just gotta take the clamp off the inner tierod dust cover and push it back to expose it's attachment point to the rack. After assessing the damages, your local parts house can usually get whatever you need, I know our local Advance Auto Parts lists all the pieces.

racerb 8)

 

hmmm like this?