I just found out that the seals on my tie rod ends are blown and the goop is leaking out. I'm wondering how hard it is to replace these things on an 82 1.6 diesel. Looking at it it just seems like it screws off on the "van" end and then bolts off on the "wheel" end. I'm assuming that I would have to mark and pay attention to how far in the pieces are screwed on for alignment purposes, but other than that, is this a complicated procedure that I can screw up (no pun intended)? Also, where is the best place to get the replacement parts on line? dave |
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