arrabil
Veteran Member
I removed the boot. Easy to remove, very difficult to put back on. I DON'T recommend removing it to anyone. So not only is the original tie-rod expensive, its totally non-reusuable in its design. Grrr.In your case, I will bet that the boot is full of semi-hardened grease that
keeps the shaft from fully seating in the tapered hole. I would remove the
boot and clean it up. Note the boot has steel upper and lower washers
embedded in the rubber.
The one side just needed to be cleaned up so the taper would grab like its supposed to. Thankfully I did that side second and didn't need to remove the boot. Just some brake cleaner on the taper shaft and the hole.
The first side is actually a cross-threaded nut. Same side as the axle leak it had before I bought it. Guessing somebody took an air wrench to it at some point during reassembly. Gonna try fixing that or I may have to purchase the same tie-rod and drill and tap it.....
Maybe its designed to be greased with a needle?Note that greasing it is a manual effort that requires one to remove
the snap ring and pull back the boot
Off by a little doesn't seem to matter but off by three or four inches and you'll lose full motion in one direction. I would straighten the wheel by eye before setting toe-in. You won't correct a "way off" condition naturally though.The steering seems to have no detented center position