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VT Driving with out a Cotter Pin Otherwise known as split pin in the tire rod end.

jarretxx

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I was changing over a boot on my power steering rack and I have Broken the top of the tire rod bolt.
In the meantime between getting a new tire rod I have cut the end of the bolt so I could get the nut on..
I know this isn't the safest thing to do but I still need to drive around town is this okay as a temp fix ?
 

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As the castellated nut isn't a lock nut and uses the split pin to stop it undoing it's not really a good option.
Get a nyloc nut and put that on (providing there is enough thread for the nylon to lock with
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^^^^ Yep, that would do the trick.

The split pin is really only a back up to prevent the nut moving to far should it start to come loose. Ok to drive without if for a short distance but permanent fix sooner rather than later (and possibly becoming another statistic).
 

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yeah...nyloc nut or loctite will get u by.
 

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All the new ones generally come with a nyloc nut these days anyway so you may as well just use one of those. Depending on how old the tie rod is it might pay to just throw on a new one that way you know it will be good for many years to come and save you a wheel alignment should the old one be near the end of it's life.
 
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