Help! Tie rods....

[dkpriebe]

Thanks David and Bernie. The internet and this list in particular are pretty
amazing! Within 5 minutes of sending my e-mail asking for help, I had 2
responses.
My problem was that I just needed to hammer in the ends.
Thanks,
Dave Priebe
Kenmore, WA
91 200tqa 165k his
95.5 S6 103k hers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Benz" <b.benz at charter.net>
To: "dkpriebe" <dkpriebe at attbi.com>
Cc: "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Help! Tie rods....


> Reuse the old nuts, and first thread them onto the free ball stud to be
sure
> that you haven't buggered up the threads.  If sucessuful with this, clean
> both the stud and stearing arm socket free of oil and grease before
> installing the stud in its socket.  Then drive it in with a lead hammer or
> clamp it in with your gear puller to build up sufficient friction to allow
> the nut to be installed.  Pretty much a common sense job, IMO.
>
> Bernie
>
> > From: "dkpriebe" <dkpriebe at attbi.com>
> > Reply-To: "dkpriebe" <dkpriebe at attbi.com>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:06:19 -0800
> > To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Help! Tie rods....
> >
> > I need some help. This weekend I swapped out my springs on the front
end. I
> > entirely removed the struts and everything went relatively well. Today I
> > started reassembling everything, but ran into a problem. When I attach
the
> > tie rods to the strut and try to tighten it, the ball joint just turns,
so I
> > can't tighten it at all. I am using new nuts. Nothing about this is
> > mentioned in the Bentley, nor sjmautotechnik, Chris Millers, or ur-s4.
When
> > I removed the tie rod ends, I used a puller and had to put a fair amount
of
> > pressure on it to get it out of the strut, but it sure didn't seem like
I
> > broke anything.  Help, any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Priebe
> > Kenmore, WA
> > 91 200tqa 165k his
> > 95.5 S6 103k hers
> >
> >
> >
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