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Re: Inner tie rod replacement: advice please.
I'm sure these solutions will work well for you. I didn't even know there
was such thing as a tie rod tool! Probably would have made it much easier.
I used a big ugly crescent wrench. I turned the wheel all the way to one
side so the tie rod was sticking all the way out and then broke it loose.
Repeat for the other side. From there it was pretty easy. I used hose
clamps on the boots because I don't like the crimp-style clamps.
Joe
>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.
>
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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 20:22:46 -0400
To: Michael Leach <scirocco16v_1@yahoo.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
From: Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>
Subject: Re: Premature AC removal(questions)
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At 2:58 PM -0700 5/14/01, Michael Leach wrote:
>Well I got a little carried away on Sunday morning and tore out my
>AC system with the
>exception of the condensor. Anyway I did this without the prior
>research into the
>correct and CHEAP way to reroute the Alternator belt down to the
>crank without the
>compressor. I beleive you can use a longer 8V alternator pulley and
>maybe a different
>waterpump pulley to get the right speed at the alternator
>
>Any help is appreciated since I have to get this thing on the road for Cincy
>
Here are the part #s as I got them from Virtual World Parts to do just this:
Crank pulley: 026 105 255 ("non-a/c crank pulley")
Alternator pulley 049 904 119L ("Alt Pulley")
And a stock 8v water pump pulley. I forget the number.
Actually, if you have a waterpump that is for a car with A/C, you
probably need pulley 026 121 031. That's what I ordered, but it
wouldn't fit, it was too deeply dished. The stock 8v one (I found 2
at Brett's and 3 at Daun's; they've got to be very common).
I had to shim out the water pump pulley ever so slightly with a
couple of washers to get the crank and water pump pulley to align.
Then you just need to find a belt that will fit.
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