Re: [Chrysler300] 57C tie rod ends

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxx>]

You could try prying up on the tie rod with a long pry bar to jam it in the 
taper as you torque things. A touch of valve grinding compound on the taper 
might help give enough friction hold things from turning.
Mike

At 08:18 AM 5/3/2003 -0700, David Zakarian wrote:
> Just got the C back from the body shop(after being rear ended in December) 
> and was going through withdrawals, so I crawled under it and decided to 
> check the torque on everything I could reach. When I got to the tie rod 
> ends, I put the wrench on the nut (from the stud coming up through the 
> steer knuckle) and turned. The whole stud turns making it impossible to 
> torque the nut to 40 Lbs. Is that stud supposed to turn? Any suggestions 
> on how to get the nut torqued and hold the stud from turning. Something 
> is wrong, I just can not put my finger on it. The taper doesn't seem to be 
> grabbing the stud and keeping it from turning. Help.
>
> Zak
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