Hey guys, i just had my outer tie rod end pop off while driving earlier, luckily i was in a parking lot and going real slow. I was turning into a parking spot at rite-aid n as i was turning i then i felt something weird happen n halfway turning in to park, i heard a little cluncking it sounded pretty bad so i just stopped right away n turned it off n then got out n saw the tie rod hangin down totally disconnected. So i went into oreileys as it was really close to me n after showing them the problem they said that the other shop mustve not torqued the nut to spec and didnt use loctite n that caused the nut to back out n pop off. So when i got down to look at it, The tie rod isnt broken i dont think, but the bolt on top was gone. At oreileys i was aboe to get a replacement bolt and loctite, i got the tie rod back together somewhat n put two nuts, torqued the first one to spec and second almost to spec, and put blue loctite. I was able to get home after that but on the way home it has a really weird and loud flapping noise coming from the tie rod i believe. I have pictures of both sides and it looks like a ring of some sort is missing l, ill post pictures of both tie rods compared to each other. This sucks cuz i just got these tie rod ends put in about a month ago. Same shop that put my tires and wheels on. Same shop that claimed that i needed longer tie rod ends as well... But when i brought them the stock length, heavy duty outer tie rods from napa chassis parts, they installed them and never mentioned anything bout them being too short. 🧐🧐 When they gave me the truck back, they just said “ be careful offroad out there, dont bump it up stuff hard and dont turn to full lock n then try to go up stuff n you should be good.” But anyways, do you guys think that they didnt torque the nut down to spec and didnt use loctite either? On the left side thats fine still, i dont see any loctite on the bolt. Any feedback or hell regarding this would be great. Thanks guys
- Ben
- Ben
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