Anyone know how much to torque the outer tie rod bolts. Plan on doing this tomorrow. i am not sure about the inner tie rods yet. Any special tools needed to do inners?
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My Haynes says outer tie rod end to steering knuckle bolt is 32-ft lbs.
I'm not aware of any special tools for this other than a method of freeing the tie rod from the steering knuckle arm. Haynes recommends a two-jaw puller but any ball joint puller/pitman arm puller will work.
In interests of full disclosure, I've never done this job myself. Although I looked at it while I was doing my recent CV axle replacement.
You'll need a backup wrench to hold the tie rod end/keep it from turning when freeing and loosenign the adjusting jam nut on the tie rod.
You will want a marker or wite-out to mark the threads on inner tie rod so you can see how far deep to thread the new outer tie rod when installing it. So your alignment doesn't go insanely bad before you get the real alignment done.Last edited by batever; 06-27-2009, 01:55 AM.
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