Re: Inner tie rod replacement: advice please.

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

There is a unversial tie rod tool that you can buy
from your local auto store that is esentially a pipe
with a bolt through it on one side and had a place to
put a 3/8" (or was it 1/2) ratchet on the other.  You
remove the outer tierod, and place the pipe over the
inner.  then you screw the nut down over the flatspot
on the inner.  Carefully turn it counter clockwise and
whella the inner end is off.  Its kind of a pain but
not too difficult.  The rack boot is kind of a pain if
you have big hands.  

hth
Tony


--- btpeet@effervescent.com wrote:
> Can anyone out there give me the skinny on replacing
> an inner tie rod on a
> Scirocco 16V power steering rack?
> 
> My main questions are: what tools and/or "special
> tools" does it take?  Just
> how difficult and time consuming of a job is it?
> 
> The Bentley says you need to remove the rack from
> the car, which would be a
> major PITA, and the tie rod itself looks like it
> needs something on the
> order of a 32mm wrench to unscrew it from the rack.
> 
> So, I'm feeling like I probably don't want to do
> this myself and thinking
> I'd be better off turning this job over to a
> so-called professional.
> 
> Please reply directly to me as I am on digest. 
> Thank you!
> 
> Bradley
> 88 Scirocco 16V 2.0L
> 96 Passat GLX Wagon
> 
> 
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