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Inner Tie Rod Replacement-Need Advice 200 1981

posted by  DougC on  Thu Jan 23 17:15 CST 2003
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I took another good look under there. The inner tie rod ends are actually crimped onto the pinion shaft. There's a section on the top side of the shaft that has a depression in order to accept a crimp about 3/8 inch long. The edge of the inner tie rod connector is crimped down into this depression in the shaft for about 3/8 inch of its circumference. That appears to be all that is mechanically keeping the inner tie rod end from working loose from the shaft and causing a steering loss. There could also be some threadlocker of some kind on the threads. Anybody familiar with this?? How do you release the crimp? When unsrewing the tie rod end, it does appear that the only way to hold the pinion shaft from turning and applying undue pressure to something inside the steering rack will be to use a pipe wrench on the shaft. Any better way to do this? What would a good professional do?
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Thanks to everyone for the help, Doug C. 81 242 Brick Off Blocks, stock; 86 240, 129K






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