Inner/Outer Tierod Replacement (Writeup)
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its ok there lil green guy, I'll get you some poofy leather 
brown and black = the gheyness so you're gonna drive up here and we'll convert you to all black like we did to kevin. Dudes officially all black and you should be too

brown and black = the gheyness so you're gonna drive up here and we'll convert you to all black like we did to kevin. Dudes officially all black and you should be too
Last edited by ColombianMax; Feb 3, 2008 at 07:16 PM.

My car originally came with the dealer "poofy" leather..in tan..it was sweet..

yeah..the black/tan is getting on my nerves as of late....i have plenty of access to black interior parts,just no poofy leather..
I had a cherokee that needed a complete steering linkage replacement. my choices were generic or moog. moog was 3x the cost of the generic. Labor is free to me, so I got the generic and I was real glad I did as I sold the truck at a loss a little while later.
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Alright so this thread is as OT as can be, here's a lil video of me crying like a lil girl when I was released from the hospital on Jan 7 enjoy! oh please dont laugh at my 5 days without a shower hair style
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t=7d5a0c5c.pbr
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t=7d5a0c5c.pbr
Alright so this thread is as OT as can be, here's a lil video of me crying like a lil girl when I was released from the hospital on Jan 7 enjoy! oh please dont laugh at my 5 days without a shower hair style
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t=7d5a0c5c.pbr
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t=7d5a0c5c.pbr
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Yea that pic should go in your Pwnaful VE thread shouldn't it!? SHOULDN'T IT?
I saw that VE when it first came into the JY, before anyone picked anything from it in the "closed to the public" section and man it was beautiful inside and out, wasnt crashed either...no rust BLACK on BLACK real shame it ended the way it is now...I wanted those sexy door panes with leather inserts but some **** ripped em apart for the blose

I saw that VE when it first came into the JY, before anyone picked anything from it in the "closed to the public" section and man it was beautiful inside and out, wasnt crashed either...no rust BLACK on BLACK real shame it ended the way it is now...I wanted those sexy door panes with leather inserts but some **** ripped em apart for the blose
Last edited by ColombianMax; Feb 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM.
Yea that pic should go in your Pwnaful VE thread shouldn't it!? SHOULDN'T IT?
I saw that VE when it first came into the JY, before anyone picked anything from it in the "closed to the public" section and man it was beautiful inside and out, wasnt crashed either...no rust BLACK on BLACK real shame it ended the way it is now...I wanted those sexy door panes with leather inserts but some **** ripped em apart for the blose

I saw that VE when it first came into the JY, before anyone picked anything from it in the "closed to the public" section and man it was beautiful inside and out, wasnt crashed either...no rust BLACK on BLACK real shame it ended the way it is now...I wanted those sexy door panes with leather inserts but some **** ripped em apart for the blose
I have just removed the tierod from the knuckle and the inner tie rod seems to have a balljoint like connection in the rack and opinion. I want to know how can I just take out the inner tierod? It's like a ball joint and you can move it all around. The inner tierod looks different than the ones that you have pics of, I have new ones and they are like the ones that are in you pics.
Is there any better tool to use besides the Air hammer and the chisle and the wrench,If the wrench Is my only option out of all the tools that are listed than which size wrench shall I use.I have went to autozone and they don't have the long extention wrench that I want to use so I can muscle that sucker out of there. Any tools any ideas? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP I AM STUCK HERE.
I looked at the tierods that I have on now and compared It to the ones that I just bought they are different meaning the tierod has a rolling balljoint effect compare to the ones that are shown on the pics here and the ones I bought.
I have been stuck here for the last two days on this shizy inner tie rods and I had also bought two possible close tools too work with on this mess and I also have the size for the both new channel locking wrenches and there not moving the damn thing because the rack and opinion gear Is being a wuss. I locked It with a wrench still no go. The question Is If I have to tear out the rack and opinion can I just take out the rack and pinion mount brackets. Iam going to tear out the whole thing.
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Its been almost 2 years since I made this thread but recently came back to it after my buddy 92maximase30 reminded me about it cause he's in need of tierods.
I was just wondering if by cleaning it up a bit, it would make a nice informational sticky?
I was just wondering if by cleaning it up a bit, it would make a nice informational sticky?
Interesting, I'm actually trying to replace my outer tie rod ends. I got one finished just fine but the driver side will NOT come off. I guess I could just take it apart at the inner joint. Didn't even ever occur to me until now
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I went to Autozone and found out that the outters are $51.00
and not only that you have to get the needle and the washers and the bolts seperate .The inner rods are for $30.00 the boots, I will have to buy.
I think I am better off to get some OEM parts as a complete set. I am SO FUGDING pissed at my fraudy mechanic who screwed up my perfect MAX
He freakin bent my outer and striped the damn boot. 
and not only that you have to get the needle and the washers and the bolts seperate .The inner rods are for $30.00 the boots, I will have to buy.I think I am better off to get some OEM parts as a complete set. I am SO FUGDING pissed at my fraudy mechanic who screwed up my perfect MAX
He freakin bent my outer and striped the damn boot. 
I had the same thing happen to me when I replaced my outer tie rod end. I took the car to a mechanic, and he was supposed to do the job right. So he gets done and I take the car for a spin, all seemd well until a few days later, when I was on the Interstate doing 80mph that something on the driverside felt really loose like it was begining to come apart. I even felt it when I came to a complete stop, and started back up again. I took the wheel off only to find out that the dam tie rod end bolt was completely stripped, so It was only held on by the cotter pin!!! I was so mad that I took it back to him to let him see what he did! I took the part back to napa and they wrote it off as a defect, and exchanged it, and I put it on myself. Now my steering wheel is crooked!
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I had the same thing happen to me when I replaced my outer tie rod end. I took the car to a mechanic, and he was supposed to do the job right. So he gets done and I take the car for a spin, all seemd well until a few days later, when I was on the Interstate doing 80mph that something on the driverside felt really loose like it was begining to come apart. I even felt it when I came to a complete stop, and started back up again. I took the wheel off only to find out that the dam tie rod end bolt was completely stripped, so It was only held on by the cotter pin!!! I was so mad that I took it back to him to let him see what he did! I took the part back to napa and they wrote it off as a defect, and exchanged it, and I put it on myself. Now my steering wheel is crooked!
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Dude I just got a MAPP/Propane gas torch and let it sit on there til it turned red, it was so nice and easy to twist off..
I actually torched the F out of it several times with no luck. I haven't had much luck torching anything recently. I couldn't get the yoke off my transmission torching it either, ended up having to cut it off.
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We just did 1992maximase30's inner tierod on the driver side and we ended up doing the same thing but we applied thread lock on there as well just in case.. I bought a real big wrench long time ago when I did my inners which allowed me to tighten from the engine bay but this time the brand he bought was bigger than the original and the wrench didnt fit so channel locks it was...
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