Rear tie rod ends loose!!
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From: North Richland Hills TX
Rear tie rod ends loose!!
I have my car up on jackstands replacing the rotors with drilled and slotted ones, and noticed play in both rear tierod ends. Anyone else run into this? Its an 03 with 21000 on it, owned it since new.
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Get some Moog from Vette Brakes Products they are better than stock because they have no plastic. They also have grease fittings. If you swap them measure where they are or you will need an alignment.
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From: Felton Delaware
I had the EXACT same problem and still ran an 11.8@121 with a 2.0 60ft lol. You need to use a torx bit on a ratchet to keep the balljoint from spinning and a box end wrench to tighten the nut down. You will notice also that your car drifts or steers its self from side to side too. I noticed this. Not a hard fix, im sure the nuts are just loose.
