Re: tire mounting/balance/alignment

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <001501be1264$b2614020$4a2396d1@dgrady.nai.net> "Mr. Daniel P. Grady" writes:

> Before you take your car to be aligned at any shop, I recommend spraying the
> tie-rod ends and any other nut/ bolt assembly with a good penetrating oil
> like Liquid Wrench. I did this to my 87 5KQ a day or so before dropping it
> off at the garage and the alignment tech couldn't stop thanking me. He told
> me that he is always nervous when he sees older q's come in because the
> tie-rod ends tend to seize and sometimes break, he said mine were as easy to
> adjust as a new car's.

There's also the classic tip of sleeving the tie rods in sections of
bicycle inner tubes.

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 Phil Payne
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