Tie rod question - 4KQT..

[Jim Green]

> Meh, bent mine myself, and it's working right now,
> but you'd be amazed how
> many times I had to take in out, and put it back in
> just to get a useable
> 'slight bend' you guys are talking about. Not quite
> as easy to get
> everything lining back up, and clearing everything
> from lock to lock as it
> may seem. with the bend one way it would hit the
> rear of the opening in
> the strut tower, corrected too much, and going to
> opposite lock would
> cause it to hit the front side of the opening. I
> think I have it 'close
> 'nuff' right now, no further rubbing all the way
> around after a couple
> months of driving.

On that note, I bought a 2b tierod, eventually it
seemed like it bent back to it's original shape or
something.  Come to find out it was hitting the strut
opening.  I talked to 2b about it, and they admited
that on some cars they had to enlarge the strut
opening slightly.  So I whipped out my big pipe
wrench, tightend it down on the sheet metal and bent
the edge back a little.  I did this with the strut
removed.  I freshened up the bends a little, and it's
been fine ever since.  I'd say buy the 2b rod, and
make sure it clears the strut opening.  If it does,
you should be good to go for a long time.

Later,

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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