Tie Rod Adjusting Sleeve Modification
Hey All,
I am redoing my front end right now and I want to try "home aligning" my car. I don't have a tie rod adjusting tool, and hated them when I worked in a shop back in the day. I wanted to use a regular open end wrench to make my toe adjustments. I think I came up with a winner. We'll see when it is time to do the alignment!
Anyhow I took some nuts that measured just under an inch across the flats. I forget the exact measurement but I can check if anyone wants to know. Then I opened up the ID of the nut to the OD of the tie rod adjusting sleeve.
Next I milled two 1/4 inch slots in the ID of the nut so it would fit over the dimples on the ends of the tie rod sleeves.
Finally I red locktited the nuts to the center of the sleeve and locked the whole thing in place with a small piece of rod which goes through the slot in the tie rod adjusting sleeve and one of the slots in the nut.
I think they'll work great and if not I can whizzer wheel them off without too much fuss.
Hey All,
I am redoing my front end right now and I want to try "home aligning" my car. I don't have a tie rod adjusting tool, and hated them when I worked in a shop back in the day. I wanted to use a regular open end wrench to make my toe adjustments. I think I came up with a winner. We'll see when it is time to do the alignment!
Anyhow I took some nuts that measured just under an inch across the flats. I forget the exact measurement but I can check if anyone wants to know. Then I opened up the ID of the nut to the OD of the tie rod adjusting sleeve.
Next I milled two 1/4 inch slots in the ID of the nut so it would fit over the dimples on the ends of the tie rod sleeves.
Finally I red locktited the nuts to the center of the sleeve and locked the whole thing in place with a small piece of rod which goes through the slot in the tie rod adjusting sleeve and one of the slots in the nut.
I think they'll work great and if not I can whizzer wheel them off without too much fuss.