🔧 Tie Rod Question

[spanishmack]

Here's 2 pics of my driver side tie rod connection. It seems off kilter to me. I installed the Yeti Steer Smarts steering combo of track bar, drag link and tie rod about 600 miles ago. I rechecked the torque on everything at 300.miles as per instructions. There seems to be an equal amount of pivot in the sockets on both sides but the passenger side seems more aligned. Can your steering stabilizer prevent your tie rod from sitting right? That's the only thing I could think of here. Or is it possible that's just the way it sits due to camber and / or caster issues? I've got a complete new set of adjustable control arms to install so I thought I would wait til I get those in and see what it looks like after that, before I worry too much, since it's still driving good.

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[froril]

It kinda looks like if you want to get that tie rod end straight you’ll have to loosen the toe adjuster clamps and reset the toe adjustment keeping the ends parallel.

That being said if you have adjustable control arms and are paying for an alignment just take it in and have the alignment shop straighten out the tie rod then.

 

[spanishmack]

It kinda looks like if you want to get that tie rod end straight you’ll have to loosen the toe adjuster clamps and reset the toe adjustment keeping the ends parallel.

That being said if you have adjustable control arms and are paying for an alignment just take it in and have the alignment shop straighten out the tie rod then.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.! I only loosened that clamp on the driver side and with the wheels pointing straight ahead, was able to rotate the end down so the bolt was perpendicular, just like the passenger side. I realize now what happened. When I rotated the center section to pull the wheels in, once I had it set, I didn't think to at that point to adjust the ends before I tightened the clamps.

Ty @froril. At least one thing went well today.

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