Suspension question
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Yeah the tie rod end, the tie rod and the rest of the assembly is the drag bar i guess. Anyway i have a 78 F150 and the rubber seal is shot on all of the fittings and there is a hitch in the steering. I assume it's the fittings, where can i get these badboys and how in the world do you get them out?
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Yeah the tie rod end, the tie rod and the rest of the assembly is the drag bar i guess. Anyway i have a 78 F150 and the rubber seal is shot on all of the fittings and there is a hitch in the steering. I assume it's the fittings, where can i get these badboys and how in the world do you get them out?
To get them out, use a ball joint separator and a good sledge (w/short handle).
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Well whatever, i don't care what it's called i just want to know how to replace the bushings in the ends. Any info is appreciated.
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Why would you not care what it is called? If your changing your own parts wouldn't you want to know what to call the part your replacing?
The short end is a tie rod the long end is the drag link.
The correct term for the tool to get them out is called a tie rod end pickle fork. If you go into the parts store and ask for a ball joint seperator you won't get the right tool to get a tie rod end apart.
I don't know what you mean by "hitch in the steering" so I can't help you there.
Make sure when you do change them over to count the # of threads you unscrew them and then rescrew the new ones in the same. This will get it close but the truck will still need an alignment when done.
The short end is a tie rod the long end is the drag link.
The correct term for the tool to get them out is called a tie rod end pickle fork. If you go into the parts store and ask for a ball joint seperator you won't get the right tool to get a tie rod end apart.
I don't know what you mean by "hitch in the steering" so I can't help you there.
Make sure when you do change them over to count the # of threads you unscrew them and then rescrew the new ones in the same. This will get it close but the truck will still need an alignment when done.
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Thanks for your help, it's not that i don't care what the parts on the truck are called, in fact i know what they are called now. It's the post letting me know that i got the name incorrect, while not supplying a correction or adding any other useful information, that i don't care for. When i post i attempt to help the person out as much as i can, not point out that they don't know what they're talking about.
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This is what I was calling a ball joint separator and I've used it plenty of times to pull tie rod ends apart. This was on jtoutfitters.com.
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