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Inner Tie Rod Replacement-Need Advice 200 1981

posted by  benglar on  Wed Jan 22 18:06 CST 2003
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Hi Doug --

Each inner tie rod has a rather-indistinct set of flats used for just this purpose. Get a good worklight down there, maybe clean the inner tie rods off, and you'll see it. Put an adjustable crescent wrench on the inner tie rod flats, squirt pentrating oil onto the outer tie rod threads, and use a wrench to turn the outer tie rod out of the inner tie rod. If that doesn't work you can use vice grips on the inner tie rod: it is solid, as I remember. And I also remember a lock nut threaded on the outer tie rod and snugged against the inner tie rod -- loosen the lock nut first. Makes things much easier.

Yelp if that doesn't work, and I'll take a look at my '81 to remind me what I did when I replaced front/rear suspension last summer. It wasn't too hard: I think you can do it.

...Sure hope you've got a garage to work in. Don't think I'd like to replace the tie rods in the winter snow...
--
-- Bruce / '82 244 (315k miles!), '86 745, '87 760Ti, '94 854






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