How hard is it to replace the front tie rods?
I think one of mine is slightly bent because the car is pulling a bit to the right even
after an alignment.

I would really appreciate it if someone give me an idea how hard it is to replace.
It's the part that adjusts the toe in/out rod.
If it's not too difficult, I wouldn't mind trying this out myself.

Thanks in advance guys.

oops. I typed the title wrong.
I meant tie rods...not tie roads. LOL.

 

The tie rod only affects toe. If it is in alignment with a bent tie rod then toe is correct. So, how would installing a new tie rod make any difference?

 

Does anyone make a Titanium tie rod?

 

+1. anyone know companies that make outter tie rods?

 

toe doesnt affect pull, camber and caster does. all toe affects is tire wear

 

My front left castor is off by a bit hence the reason it's pulling to one
direction.
Let's say my left tie rod is slightly bent and the car is properly algned, wouldn't that casue the castor to be off?

BTW, my front camber is dead even @ -1.5deg and the rear is @ -1deg.
I have a very slight toe-in in the rear and front toe is set to 0 but to make the car go straight I
have to turn the steering wheel a bit to the left.

I am going to double check my toe settings this weekend and make sure the tierod length
is the same on both sides.

 

Well, every Mitsu I've ever driven will try to fall off of any camber built into the road. Are you sure this isn't what you are feeling? Whether the tie rods are adjusted to the same length or not doesn't mean much either. They need to be adjusted to where the wheels are straight ahead.

If you have a bent tie rod you should be able to see it and see the ding where whatever you hit impacted.

While I have never had a reason to do this, I think all that changing a tie rod amounts to is removing the inner boot and unscrewing the tie rod out of the rack.

 

You also need either a ball joint puller or tie rod puller to remove the ball joint portion. Sometimes they can be stuck in there pretty damn good. You may also need another alignment once the new tierod is in .

 

Thanks for the reply guys.
I just checked my tie rod and they cannot be anymore straighter.
This is getting very frustrating.
I know the alignment shop that I had it done did everything right.
He checked and double checked all the settings and the camber and toe were
dead on with the specs I gave him.

One thing that bothered me was the caster was off on side and when the steering wheel centered it pulls to the right.
BTW, my car is lowered 3/4th inch front and back.
It's just very frustrating

 

Probably to late to help, but I had the same problem. The dealer aligned my car and it still pulled to the right. They told me it was from uneven tire wear. Sure enough, when I bought new tires the car was straight.

 

mods...please close this thread.

The issue has been fixed.

Thanks for the help guys.
It turned out the alignment tech didnt know how to center the steering wheel
properly.
I don't know how these guys can call themselves a tech when they don't know how to center the steering wheel perfectly.

My car will never see that shop again.