In a message dated 4/20/2004 8:08:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
adrianjones747@earthlink.net writes:
The tie rod end on the passenger side (US, LHD) appears to have come "loose".
Take a look at the photo that's up at
http://home.earthlink.net/~adrianjones747/
It looks to me that it needs to be tightened up somewhat! What you cannot
see in the photo is that the grease nipple is actually rubbing against the
frame and that the cotter (split) pin at the other end has "fallen out"....
Bear with me - I've never messed with steering/suspension parts before.
What should I do here?
Uh, get a new one? and fairly quickly, like before driving the car again?
Something tells me that the ball joint portion has disintegrated. How "loose"
is that on its own shaft?
I might be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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