Date:         Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:47:41 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tie Rod Outer Ball Joint R&R Questions (searched)
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> You sure  are good about posting pictures so it's easy to see what's going
> on.  Dang, that is nice.
>
> pret' sure that's someone's mark , just to mark what position it was in.
>
> Yes, most intelligently ....................both left and right tie rods
> have right hand thread. ..........very smart of VW there.
>
> I've seen them really stuck too - that lock nut.  I've had to heat one or
> two with a torch.
>
> if you just can't get it apart, you don't have to change the whole rack. The
> tie rods unscrew from the end of the rack.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com


Thanks much Scott.

Ok, notch on nut = alignment mark. I thought it might be. (Bentley
does refer to backing off this nut only 1/8 of a turn)  It's such a
nice straight mark, I also wondered if it wasn't made at the factory.

Pics? Yes! I'm in the habit of taking pics as I like to throw together
web pages. Even if only *one* other newb looks at them, and avoids
making the same mistakes, that'd make me happy!  :)

Neil.


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