I went to autozone to pick up a tie rod seperator and an inner tie rod tool. I looked at the new inner tie rods, but I dont see what it is supposed to grab onto. It looks like its way too big, unless there is a huge nut under the boot that I cant see. Or do I even need an inner tie rod tool?








Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Wrong one.

The one you need is the same shape but has a series of addapter that look like large crowfeet wrenches. You slip the crowfeet adapter on the inner tie rod then you slip the large shaft over the tierod and remove it.

I am pretty sure some members have been able to get them off with large channel locks.

Terry

1-1/4 wrench, pipe wrench and 1-1/4 crows fooot have all been sucessfull ways for me

Yeah, I have to try and find one tommorow, or buy it online. It didn't say anything about this type of tie rod tool on the how-to, so I was a little frustrated until I found out. I'm hoping this is the only problem I run into. Thanks

Yeah, that's a Ford inner tie rod tool. What DarkOne said, you need the one with the big opening at the end, and the adapters. O'Reilly's carries it for rent.

In the shop we use really big channel locks on the ones we can reach, and only use the special tools on the PITA ones.

Make sure to put some blue loctite on the threads before installing.

Joel Baldridge, ASE Certified Master Technician, Audi Certified Expert Technician

Turns out that pep boys had the lisle inner tie rod tool that I needed. I was going to try some channel locks before I went ahead and ordered them online. Thanks for the help guys, I might need some more help if I run into any problems.

when i did mine i uwed two pairs of pliars, came out perfectly fine, maybe it was just on my car

I just wish my car was as fast as it was loud. people tell me i should use my sub to push it, it might go faster.

Another question

In the how-to it said that the passenger side inner tie rod doesn't have anything to hold onto to keep the steering rack rod from twisting. I remember he said his wasn't that tight so he used the air ratchet to loosen it. Is it safe to do it this way? Or is there another way?

whats that for? I think I used some pliers to install mine can't remember it was a while back. the washer is what keeps it from moving anyway.

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What do I torque the inner tie rods to? The repair manual only covers the outer tie rod ends and has no torque specifications for them either.