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Boss Hoss
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From: Georgia
Registered: Mar 2001

posted 06-22-2005 03:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Boss Hoss   Click Here to Email Boss Hoss     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In a previous post, I talked about how an alignment shop showed me that the front wheels on my 1996 GT could wiggle back and forth when you shook them.

The guy said that I needed "inner tie rod ends" which confused me because I really only have OUTER tie rod ends that connect to my steering gear assembly.

I jacked one front wheel off of the ground and had a friend shake the wheel back and forth. From a safe distance, I got down on the ground and looked to see what was moving while my friend shook the wheel. The tie rod end SEEMED to move in perfect unison with the wheel assembly, which made me doubt that the tie rod end was bad. (I was expecting to see some slop there.)

What DID move back and forth (about 3/4 inch) was the shaft coming out of the end of the steering gear assembly that attaches to the tie rod end...IS THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SHAFT NORMAL OR SHOULD THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY BE REPLACED?

Please help! I don't know what to do, and I certainly don't want to spend good money replacing something that isn't faulty!

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

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TurboGT
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From: Hutchinson, Kansas
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 06-29-2005 05:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for TurboGT   Click Here to Email TurboGT     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is the inner socket assembly of your steering rack that's moving, and is probably what your alignment shop is referring to as an "inner tie rod ends". Not a safe situation. The inner sockets can be replaced, but sometimes total rack replacement a wash compared to fixing the one you have, depending on the cost of a new rack. Good luck!

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Mark Walton
'83 Mustang GT 2.3 Turbo NHRA Stocker - it's alive!
'69 "off brand" NHRA SS/EA

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