Empowering DIYers Comprehensive Tie Rod Boot Replacement Guide

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 ... yes, the boot will slide right off. no, you don't grease the inners. just replace them too so you don't have to do the whole job and alignment ... The boot over your inner tie rod aka steering rack bellows protects your steering linkage from dust and grime. It is important to replace ... You just put the tie rod end in a Vice with the threaded portion facing down.. Get a cold steel Chisel and place it right on the lip..(the lip is actually the ... That's because they only have two flats on the OEM rod ends and they don't always line up in a way that a wrench will go on them. You're also ... Good practice is to take a knife and cut down the defective boot. Afterwards you will see, that the tie rod is screwed into the rack. To install ... Yes you can buy just the boots. I would replace it with a tie rod from a V8 ZJ. I spent $20 on mine from a junk yard and have beat it pretty ... It is possible to replace just the boot. All you have to do is take the tie rod end off and slip on a new boot full of grease, then clamp it down. Watched several videos on YT of folks changing torn tie rod boots. They all had the tie rod on a bench. Looks to me like you could change the ... If there's no play in the joint itself I wouldn't worry about it right now. It's just a dust boot. Really some inner rods are a pain and then ...