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olliejones8

 posted on 19th Jun 08 at 15:56

anychance of a tutorial for chaning track rod ends??


eastend

 posted on 19th Jun 08 at 15:07

thanks mate will do this asap :thumbs:


Steve X16XE

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 12:12

Then get yourself off to a garage to check the tracking.


Steve X16XE

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 12:07

It took me longer to jack the car up and remove the wheel than it took to change it.

You need a long bar to lever the track rod down. By doing this it'll stop the nut spinning. Remove the nut then put it back on a few threads and wack it with a hammer. It should then pop out. There is a nut that'll be on very tight! When you slacken that off finger tighten it back up and twist off the track rod end. Count the turns! When refitting the new one, count the turns back on.


Dean_W

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 12:02

quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
how hard is it to change the track rod ends?


Easy if you can get the buggers to unscrew.

You need to take the wheel off. Pop the balljoint off the hub arm. Then unscrew. Screw new one in, then get tracked up.


marklawton

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 11:55

how hard is it to change the track rod ends?


Steve X16XE

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 11:44

And if you accelerate it goes straight?

Mine used to do that. I thought it was funny, steering with the accelerator peddle.


eastend

 posted on 18th Jun 08 at 02:45

ok cheers mate

just noticed tonight when on motorway that when i let off the accellerator the car pulls to the left aswell.


Steve X16XE

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 23:14

Track rod ends. Jack the front end up and see if you can wobble the wheel.

If one side does move CHANGE THEM BOTH. I change one 2 months ago. Just changed the other side on friday. It'll save messing around again.

Then go get your car all tracked up and it'll handle again :thumbs:


Jordan C

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 19:12

nah just the rubbers being worn!


eastend

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 19:08

bent?


Jordan C

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 18:48

could be a wishbone!


eastend

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 18:43

any ideas?


eastend

 posted on 17th Jun 08 at 11:06

Just noticed in my car (98 corsa b x16xe with pas), that my steering feels unbalanced, feels heavy sometimes and light others.

Also when accelerating hard the wheel seems to pull all over the place?

and when sharply accelerating from slow speeds i hear a clunking noise?

any ideas?

thanks


[Edited on 17-06-2008 by eastend]