Tie-Rod End Replacement

[smith281]

Hi Patch, sorry I missed your reply until now. (is there any way to configure this site so that I can get notifications of responses to posts?)

Thanks a lot for the advice. Yes I'll give this a go.

Thanks also for the tips on the alignment. I'll try and make up a tube with nuts and bolts each end as you've done.

Cheers,
Tom

[HippoNZ]

Hey mate, I just finished doing this job and this is what I found.
When taking the tie rod/ball joint out from the pitment arm, be careful hitting it out as you can bugger the thread on the ball joint. My advice would be to use a rubber mallet or a normal hammer with a bit of hard wood on the top. As for taking the ball joint off the tie rod, there are two setups. One has the removable ball joints that just unscrew off and the other type don't come off at all and you would need to completely replace the tie rod. As for getting the wheels aligned again, get the front jacked up, sit in your truck and turn the wheel one way till lock and count how many turns you completed then do the same for the other side and find the center. Slap the rod in and you will find there is a little bit of adjusting (if you have adjustable tierod) to get the steering wheel looking straight and your turning lock even on both sides. You will know if you haven't done it right because while driving your rig will pull to one side of the road and give you some great steering wobbles lol

sorry bit of a crappy write up, im in a rush lol

Cheers
Brett

[patch697]

Hi Patch, sorry I missed your reply until now. (is there any way to configure this site so that I can get notifications of responses to posts?)

Thanks a lot for the advice. Yes I'll give this a go.

Thanks also for the tips on the alignment. I'll try and make up a tube with nuts and bolts each end as you've done.

Cheers,
Tom

I don't know about the post notification as its not something I've been asked before or thought to use myself, but I will look into it for you.