I replaced the inner tierod on my truck with a Moog EV370. I usually read the instructions which come in the package but there were no instructions, so I plunged in. The good news is that I had a little bit of play on the driver side front wheel and now there is no more play.
I read the FSM after the job was done and realised that I made three mistakes. The manual wants the rack and the tie rod joint greased which I did not do. I can slide the boot back and easily rectify that. The joint already had grease in it, they want more added?
There was a plastic sleeve over the original joint, which the manual calls a shock dampener. The manual wants it to be transferred over to the new joint. I can do that without too much difficulty by disconnecting the outer tie rod.
The manual wants a pipe wrench on the end of the rack so that the torque involved in loosening and tightening the tie rod is not transferred to the internals of the rack and pinion unit. I did not use a pipe wrench and must have applied about 140 ft lbs of torque to break the old loctited joint loose. Might I have damaged anything? So far no symptoms.
I set the toe by using string and jackstands and am pretty confident that I have the toe set correectly.
I read the FSM after the job was done and realised that I made three mistakes. The manual wants the rack and the tie rod joint greased which I did not do. I can slide the boot back and easily rectify that. The joint already had grease in it, they want more added?
There was a plastic sleeve over the original joint, which the manual calls a shock dampener. The manual wants it to be transferred over to the new joint. I can do that without too much difficulty by disconnecting the outer tie rod.
The manual wants a pipe wrench on the end of the rack so that the torque involved in loosening and tightening the tie rod is not transferred to the internals of the rack and pinion unit. I did not use a pipe wrench and must have applied about 140 ft lbs of torque to break the old loctited joint loose. Might I have damaged anything? So far no symptoms.
I set the toe by using string and jackstands and am pretty confident that I have the toe set correectly.