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Hey there guys,
just wanting peoples opinion, now I will be replacing my tie rod ends and rack ends this weekend, I found out that my left tie rod end has a lot of play and drivers size same but not as much, what made me inspect was that when I would turn left in2 my driveway slowly I was hearing a knocking sound and check all components, strusts were ok, lower ball joints all good and bushes fine then checked tie rod end and rack end to find they were the problem, but mainly the left tie rod end, that had a lot of play like I could move it like I was revving a motor bike, when I removed it from the Knuckle it was a **** 2 get off and check rack end and that was just as bad, now when I went 2 put it all back together till I’m ready to replace them, putting the castle nut back on (may have said that name wrong) and it wouldn’t go on at all the correct way at all, I may have fucked it I don’t know, so I just flipped it over and put it on and went on only couple turns as the whole thread that goes down into the ball joint just kept spinning so couldn’t tighten it more till I clamped it and got the nut down so the top of the nut is flush with the top of the threat and majorly tight, now I put the car back on the ground and I can actually rock the wheel as if I’m testing the tie rod end jacked up and when I grab the actual tie rod end parts, u can tell that the nut is not right down and tight but the nut is down as far as it will go as it is tight and 2 remove it when replacing, probably gonna have to cut it with a hax saw just under the nut as it won’t undo as I’m replacing it anyway, now my question is, the actual ball joint part isn’t coming out of the socket, just has a lot of play, I’m replacing tie rod end and boots both sides this weekend, but I have to do it at my sisters place as she has a large garage, do u think it will be ok if I drove the car there like very early hours of the morning when the roads are dead quiet and drive the car extremely slow, yeah it’s like a 15-20 min drive, driving normally but the route I’m going, there is 3 left turns and 1 right turn as it’s just one long straight stretch to hers from mine, should that be ok as it’s one small drive then getting it fixed, tyres are not worn out at all, only thing that made me inspect was the knocking sound, heard it 3 times then checked so it hasn’t been left for months, so should it be ok, as I said, very early hours so dead traffic,
Thoughts please
just wanting peoples opinion, now I will be replacing my tie rod ends and rack ends this weekend, I found out that my left tie rod end has a lot of play and drivers size same but not as much, what made me inspect was that when I would turn left in2 my driveway slowly I was hearing a knocking sound and check all components, strusts were ok, lower ball joints all good and bushes fine then checked tie rod end and rack end to find they were the problem, but mainly the left tie rod end, that had a lot of play like I could move it like I was revving a motor bike, when I removed it from the Knuckle it was a **** 2 get off and check rack end and that was just as bad, now when I went 2 put it all back together till I’m ready to replace them, putting the castle nut back on (may have said that name wrong) and it wouldn’t go on at all the correct way at all, I may have fucked it I don’t know, so I just flipped it over and put it on and went on only couple turns as the whole thread that goes down into the ball joint just kept spinning so couldn’t tighten it more till I clamped it and got the nut down so the top of the nut is flush with the top of the threat and majorly tight, now I put the car back on the ground and I can actually rock the wheel as if I’m testing the tie rod end jacked up and when I grab the actual tie rod end parts, u can tell that the nut is not right down and tight but the nut is down as far as it will go as it is tight and 2 remove it when replacing, probably gonna have to cut it with a hax saw just under the nut as it won’t undo as I’m replacing it anyway, now my question is, the actual ball joint part isn’t coming out of the socket, just has a lot of play, I’m replacing tie rod end and boots both sides this weekend, but I have to do it at my sisters place as she has a large garage, do u think it will be ok if I drove the car there like very early hours of the morning when the roads are dead quiet and drive the car extremely slow, yeah it’s like a 15-20 min drive, driving normally but the route I’m going, there is 3 left turns and 1 right turn as it’s just one long straight stretch to hers from mine, should that be ok as it’s one small drive then getting it fixed, tyres are not worn out at all, only thing that made me inspect was the knocking sound, heard it 3 times then checked so it hasn’t been left for months, so should it be ok, as I said, very early hours so dead traffic,
Thoughts please