I read all the tie rod replacement topics here and it seemed a pretty straightforward task. So I proceeded to do mine and I found this:
Looks like a security tab to prevent the inner tie rod from unscrewing. That picture is taken from below. What's even worse is that there is another security tab on top. There is no mention of these in any of the other topics so I assume it's a '07 thing.
The problem is I cannot really come up with a way of undoing these. Even the bottom one is damn hard to work on. I'll probably manage hammering it flat if I find the right size chisel/screwdriver. The top one seems impossible though. It sits barely two inches under the chassis rail and the length of the rack is not enough to get it clear of the rail no matter the position of the steering wheel. So it really doesn't look like I can hammer this one flat without removing the rack. Now that seems like an overkill for replacing the tie rod.
Has anybody dealt with these tabs?
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Looks like a security tab to prevent the inner tie rod from unscrewing. That picture is taken from below. What's even worse is that there is another security tab on top. There is no mention of these in any of the other topics so I assume it's a '07 thing.
The problem is I cannot really come up with a way of undoing these. Even the bottom one is damn hard to work on. I'll probably manage hammering it flat if I find the right size chisel/screwdriver. The top one seems impossible though. It sits barely two inches under the chassis rail and the length of the rack is not enough to get it clear of the rail no matter the position of the steering wheel. So it really doesn't look like I can hammer this one flat without removing the rack. Now that seems like an overkill for replacing the tie rod.
Has anybody dealt with these tabs?
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