Re: Question regarding Tie Rods

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2006 - 07:49:50 EDT


I suspect you werent straight at all while trying that, no sober mind
could have thought that was a good idea...lol

Besides all of the flourescent bulbs in my house are the short and curly
kind...

Rick Barnes wrote:
> Barry, I used to align Harleys and my cars with long fluorescent light
> bulbs...very straight.
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> Rascal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Barry Oliver
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:12 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Question regarding Tie Rods
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>
> Chris Reck wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>I have a 99 4x4 and was wondering how hard it would be for someone to
>>replace all the tie rod ends on the front. I have a Right front inner tie
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>>rod going, and since I'll need to get an alignment, I figured that I would
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>>save ~$300 labor and do it myself.
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>>I have done shocks, brakes, and the upper ball joints before... but this
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> one
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>>is new. Any special tools or problems that I would run into? Any tricks
>>regarding the placement nuts so that the alignment is close to what it was
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>>before I would start?
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>>Thanks!
>>
>>Chris Reck
>>Bloomington, IL
>>
>>'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
>>Shaved and polished V8 TB, Autolite 3923, 195 Thermostat, 7.5mm Bosch plug
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>>wires,
>>Custom K&N 6x9 air intake, Rancho RSX shocks, Pioneer full audio system,
>>BF Goodrich 32x11.5r15 T/A KO tires
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> Chris, if you would like to come down and make use of the Air tools,
> just let me know. I haven't done Tie rods on my '99 4x4, but I have on
> my GF's car. With a level and a straight board you can get pretty darn
> close to straight alignment - when I took her car in to align it after I
> was done they said it was 100% perfect - a Miracle if I ever saw one!
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