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Re: Inner tie rod ends

To: J Constantino <jjcon2@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Inner tie rod ends
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:24:23 -0700
Mine look ok.  Maybe someone has done one too many hard high speed turns!!!

Joe

J Constantino wrote:
> 
> Listers:
> 
> Who has had their inner tie rod ends stripped down?
> 
> I was inspecting and relubing mine and noticed that
> the balls are not concentric on the rods (don't go
> there!).  At first I thought it might have been
> tweaked in an accident, but upon inspection I can't
> see any cracks, stretching or deformation.
> 
> Looks like they machined the ball, then brazed or
> welded it to the rod afterwards.
> 
> Anyone seen the same thing?
> 
> Jason
> GT6
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