My man makes this thing looks real easy to do. It took an hour just to change my battery in my vehicle the first time I did it. So doing this will take me like 3 hours to do.
Perfect job. Would suggest leaving the nut on the outer tie rod after slackening it prior to hammering it. Its real easy to hit the threads when hammering, the nut would prevent accidental damage to the threads.
Thank You so much for this. I have to repair this myself on my 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan and I am really thankful to God I found Your video, as it was extremely easy to follow. God Willing, I will be following up with a positive update!!
Great video, thanks for posting Some people might not have a castle nut/cotter pin on the OEM outer tie rod. Instead it is a nut/washer assembly. The washer spins and has teeth. This is what mine had. I still torqued it to 55 ft-lb
Excellent video, in many of the vedios i have watched, you never mention that you should take to an alignment shop after the replacement of tie rod work. 2. Many times you mention the lug nut torque, but already have them over-torqued with your air impact gun. Because your torque wrench clicks before movement.
Would love to see this job performed on a vehicle that operates in a northern tier state. I just had to do this job in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Northern Michigan and due to corrosion it took over 10 hours in 15 degree snowy weather. Great video though for knowing what sequence to accomplish the removal and installation tasks.
When you push the inner tie rod out to attach your tie rod clamp, are you pushing that out from the other side or just turning the steering wheel? If so are you detaching both outer tie rods connected to the wheels first, then pushing it from 1 side to give extra space to the other side?
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