02-16-2004, 09:44 PM
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How does a tie rod work?
How does one work and what do the different kinds do?
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02-16-2004, 09:55 PM
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A tie rod increases (or decreases) the toe-in of the front wheels. Toe-in is the amount by which the front of a front wheel points inward or outward.
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02-18-2004, 12:17 PM
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so the only difference btw the 4 is the length?
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02-18-2004, 07:02 PM
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Yes. The longer ones create more toe-in, which usually makes your car more stable but less responsive.
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02-18-2004, 08:44 PM
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Toe-in is a tricky little bugger, if your going to use it, you've got to know what increasing it will do to your car and it's current setup. The problem is that it's a ton of work to put a different tie rod in.
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02-19-2004, 12:35 PM
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in these? only 8-12 screws to take out and maybe a cone gear. not that bad
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02-19-2004, 02:34 PM
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aperson...I'm not saying it's hard to take it apart, and since you have the AWD you don't think it's a pain to get everything back together?
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02-20-2004, 11:36 AM
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if you take the knuckles and springs off its not hard at all. the only hard part is the re-assembly with the knuclkes. i have to use a screwdriver to put the axel into the cup.
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