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Help With Turbo Tie Rods, Tie Rod Popped out of Rack |
rwjames |
Apr 15 2007, 10:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Montgomery, AL Member No.: 6,136 Region Association: South East States |
Could have been serious safety issue, but I guess I got lucky.
Decided to drive the '75 914 Saturday morning. Fired it up, backed it out of the garage, turned the steering wheel to pull down the driveway. A popping noise came from the front of the car as I'm still backing in reverse and the steering turns to crap. I get out of the car and one front tire is turning right while the other is turning left. I put the car up on jack stands and remove the steering rack cover. The tie rod came out of the steering rack and was just dangeling from the wheel side. This car has the turbo tie rods that were on the car when I purchased it from AA about 2 years ago. I have probably driven the car about 1500 miles since I have owned it with no signs of trouble with the tie rods or front suspension. Any ideas of how the tie rod could just pop out of the steering rack. The threads on the rod and inside the rack appear to be ok from what I can tell. Should I just remove the pin and nut from the wheel side and screw the tie rod back into the rack? Anything else I should look for? I assume I will also need to have the alignment checked? I feel lucky as this could have happend going into a corner at speed and the results would have been ugly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
John |
Apr 15 2007, 11:07 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
EDIT: How did that quote get there..... That is scary. When I did my Turbo Tie rods, mine came with a large OD thick washer. The washer effectively acts as a rack stop. I have a couple questions from your pics: Didn't yours have boots? Do you still have the washer? My suggestion would be to reinstall it into the rack and make sure it actually tightens up. If the threads are no good, it won't tighten up. You will need the thin spanner wrench to tighten the turbo tie-rod. Good luck with that. I would realign the car after tightening things back up. In the future, you may want to check these for backing off. just my $0.02 |
rwjames |
Apr 15 2007, 11:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Montgomery, AL Member No.: 6,136 Region Association: South East States |
Rob quote: He'll do the minor body work, primer, base-coat, clear-coat. Rob, I just had some paint work done on my M471 car and according to the paint supply shop, the 914 colors only come in single stage paint. I couldn't get base coat, clear coat in Tangerine. What say you? Steve That is scary. When I did my Turbo Tie rods, mine came with a large OD thick washer. The washer effectively acts as a rack stop. I have a couple questions from your pics: Didn't yours have boots? Do you still have the washer? My suggestion would be to reinstall it into the rack and make sure it actually tightens up. If the threads are no good, it won't tighten up. You will need the thin spanner wrench to tighten the turbo tie-rod. Good luck with that. I would realign the car after tightening things back up. In the future, you may want to check these for backing off. just my $0.02 Sorry for the low technology. These pics should be a little better and show the boot. They do have boots, but I slid them back to take some of the photos. I didn't see a washer, but it could be long gone somewhere in the driveway. I haven't had an alignment performed and can't think of any recent work performed that the front suspension would have been touched, at least to my knowledge. Thanks for the help. Attached image(s) |
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