RE: tie rod end

[Ron Mruss <rmruss@pangea.ca>]

He put the extra boot on the new tie rod end.  What concerns me is that the boot that came attached to the tie rod end is just that - attached and sealed.  The new boot fits around the tie rod end, but it's not tight.  My concern is that dirt will get in and screw things up.

Jeff Mruss

-----Original Message-----
From:	Stephen Bigelow [SMTP:sbigelow@sprint.ca]
Sent:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 9:10 PM
To:	Ron Mruss; 'Quattro List'
Subject:	Re: tie rod end


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Mruss <rmruss@pangea.ca>


>I had a wheel alignment done last week, and one new tie rod end installed.
Because the mechanic had problems doing the alignment, he had to pull the
tie rod out after he'd already installed the tie rod end, using a two
pronged puller.  I took a close look at it today.  It has a larger boot on
it than the one on the other side.  I peeled back the boot and underneath
there was some grease and the original boot is torn.


Sounds like he put on another boot...was this on the new tie rod or the old
one?