Elevate Your Safety Replace Tie Rod Boot with Confidence

But, if its rusted and loose, then replace the outer tie rod end. They are fairly easy to replace. I mean, I wouldn't want to be driving on it ... Just replace the entire tie rod. If the boot is torn all sorts of grit and grime are now in there. Not good. A new tie rod is relatively ... Yes, you can change them without removing the steering rack. Jack it up, remove front tire, remove the outer tie rod attachment bolts from the steering knuckle. Congrats - we all knew you could do it. Enengy Suspesion makes ball joint boots too. However, if your old ones are still in tact, I'd leave them ... Do you have a torn boot or are they leaking? If it's torn, replace it. If it's leaking, you need a power steering rack. Those boots aren't ... They work perfectly on the ball joints though, as they slip over the entire joint and slide up against the upper control arm. My balls were in ... If you need to replace just the boot, because it cracked due to age, and the tie rod joint itself, is still good, I'd look into an Energy ... The replacement 'kit' is a boot, a puck (so you can slip it over an existing tie rod and just repair the boot) and a couple of clamps. Just replace both inner and outer including the boots while you're down there. The inners will give you a little more problem to take out than the outers. A boot comes on all the parts with a pivot joint(some exceptions). What new parts do you have in your posession? If you're planning to replace ...