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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Montgomery, AL Member No.: 6,136 Region Association: South East States ![]() |
Could have been serious safety issue, but I guess I got lucky.
Decided to drive the '75 914 Saturday morning. Fired it up, backed it out of the garage, turned the steering wheel to pull down the driveway. A popping noise came from the front of the car as I'm still backing in reverse and the steering turns to crap. I get out of the car and one front tire is turning right while the other is turning left. I put the car up on jack stands and remove the steering rack cover. The tie rod came out of the steering rack and was just dangeling from the wheel side. This car has the turbo tie rods that were on the car when I purchased it from AA about 2 years ago. I have probably driven the car about 1500 miles since I have owned it with no signs of trouble with the tie rods or front suspension. Any ideas of how the tie rod could just pop out of the steering rack. The threads on the rod and inside the rack appear to be ok from what I can tell. Should I just remove the pin and nut from the wheel side and screw the tie rod back into the rack? Anything else I should look for? I assume I will also need to have the alignment checked? I feel lucky as this could have happend going into a corner at speed and the results would have been ugly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
The outer tie rod does not look right - it is completely threaded on. Maybe the person who aligned it used the inner for the adjustment and it was left loose (baaaad).
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Brando |
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
The outer tie rod does not look right - it is completely threaded on. Maybe the person who aligned it used the inner for the adjustment and it was left loose (baaaad). I have to agree... Seems the same to me. Not all alignment shops are experienced in that sense... |
rwjames |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Montgomery, AL Member No.: 6,136 Region Association: South East States ![]() |
The outer tie rod does not look right - it is completely threaded on. Maybe the person who aligned it used the inner for the adjustment and it was left loose (baaaad). I have to agree... Seems the same to me. Not all alignment shops are experienced in that sense... I went home at lunch and took the boot off the passenger side. There is not a spacer on it either. Here are a couple of photo's as best as I could get with the boot pulled back. It looks like the right side is threaded in all the way. I guess I'll use some blue locktite and screw the driver's side back in. I'll probably drive it around the neighborhood a little and check it out before I drive it to a shop to have the alignment checked out. After the alignment, I guess I need to check it again and be sure they don't back it out of the steering rack, rather than making the adjustment at the other end. Thanks again for everyone's help. Attached image(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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