Inner tie rod questions

[Tron]

-take off the lower nut
-remove the rod end from the knuckle pin
-use an air hammer and a punch bit to push it down and out.

have you tried a wrench to turn on the hex part of the knuckle pin?

 

[08fordgt]

Gotta love that blaster, true.

I'm not sure if I'm going to do the tie rods right now, after all. I put the car back together with its new struts (Koni yellow) and rebuilt strut mounts (Steeda HD), and the shake is 95% gone. In a straight line the car's wheel is steady up through 90. Go around a curve at 75+ and it starts ( ( (((( )))) ) ) again.

I have that Shake too. I gotta see about it.

 

[G.T]

using a zip tie on the boot may not seal it as tight as the OE clamp, which creates suction everytime the steering is extended and possibly sucking water inside the boot

 

[skwerl]

Use a grease syringe, slide it under the boot and grease the joint every time you change the oil. It works.

 

[cavero]

-take off the lower nut
-remove the rod end from the knuckle pin
-use an air hammer and a punch bit to push it down and out.

have you tried a wrench to turn on the hex part of the knuckle pin?

Is the air hammer going to destroy or mushroom the pin?


Haven't tried turning it yet, no. I need to go buy a 22mm wrench. I know if I use my crescent wrench I'm just going to round it off.

 

[cavero]

using a zip tie on the boot may not seal it as tight as the OE clamp, which creates suction everytime the steering is extended and possibly sucking water inside the boot

I slid the boot down by accident while I was trying to get the outer tie rod disconnected and it definitely pulls a vacuum

 

[cavero]

I have that Shake too. I gotta see about it.

I've been tracking mine down for 2 years, but feels like 10. It was 90% strut mounts, 5% control arm bushings. Still trying to figure out the last 5%.

 

[cavero]

-take off the lower nut
-remove the rod end from the knuckle pin
-use an air hammer and a punch bit to push it down and out.

have you tried a wrench to turn on the hex part of the knuckle pin?

now that you say that, if i can take off the rod end separately from the knuckle pin, thats all i need to be able to get the outers off so i can replace the inner tie rods