Inner tie rod removal
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Inner tie rod removal
I have to replace my rack and pinion in my car, but first I have to take the old inner tie rods out of this one I'm putting in my car. I know they are supposed to just come off like a bolt but it just isn't cooperating. I have this picture for reference http://shbox.com/1/innertierod.jpg but the tie rods aren't budging. Maybe it would work better if it was actually bolted in the car but that's not an option since I got this one from a salvage yard and with the bent tie rods it wouldn't even reach where my stock ones are now.
Any advice?
Any advice?
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Ended up going to Lowe's and getting a huge *** crescent wrench. Took me on one side, my roommate on the other since it wasn't on the car, but we got it with two wrenches.
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I'm in college so I had to go with one from a salvage yard, but I'm really glad the rack went out cause the old tie rod was almost wore out in the ball joint. You could basically move the ball around as if the socket wasn't even there. I'm really lucky it hasn't popped out before. The new one cost me about 60 dollars for the inner and outer tie rods, so if anyone else has to replace them you might as well just buy a whole new rack, cause they cost 142 when I checked.
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