Over tightened the tie rod end?
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Over tightened the tie rod end?
Hello everyone. in my 1997 f-250 HD I replaced my tie rod ends today and I feel like a kinda dude. I was exhausted and just kept tightening and wasn't really paying attention. The rubber boot was becoming a pancake and I guess now I have to figure out what to do. The cotter pin isn't even going through the castle nut on the right outer tie rod. I haven't even turned the steering wheel yet because I don't know if this is even acceptable.
sorry for the stupidity guys but is there anything I can do besides buying new tie rod ends??
sorry for the stupidity guys but is there anything I can do besides buying new tie rod ends??
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wow. damn. You guys rock. Thanks! Ill clean these ones up and back to the store they go. Should I tell the guy at the store that these tie rod ends wouldn't stop where they should have or what would you guys say in a position like this? Is he going to not take back the part if he knows it was used? Sorry for the noob questions guys I just dont want to be stuck with these ones if I can help it.
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Is this truck lifted? I know a tie rod end flip using larger 1 ton GM rod ends on Ford knuckles is a fairly common mod among the 4x4 crowd, though that is on half ton D44 TTB not the leaf sprung version-- I don't know if there's room for the flip. I mention it because you basically re-cut the taper from the top, gain ground clearance, and use bigger TRE's, while not needing new knuckles.
A repair sleeve is certainly the most straight forward fix, so I'd start there. Or head to the junk yard, should be plenty of TTB D44HD or TTB D50 equipped trucks there.
The driver side doesn't look near as bad as the passenger. What does the tapered hole look like on each knuckle? Oblong, rotted, clean steel, something else?
A repair sleeve is certainly the most straight forward fix, so I'd start there. Or head to the junk yard, should be plenty of TTB D44HD or TTB D50 equipped trucks there.
The driver side doesn't look near as bad as the passenger. What does the tapered hole look like on each knuckle? Oblong, rotted, clean steel, something else?