Kit Includes: (2) Front Outer Tie Rods (2) Front Inner Tie Rods
Specification
Side Location
Driver & Passenger Side
Location
Front
Inner & Outer
Install Tip: When replacing steering components, have a professional alignment performed afterwards. This ensures proper tracking and even tire wear.
Our steering and suspension components are pre-greased and sealed for long life and do not require the extra maintenance typically required by greaseable versions.
Item Condition:New
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Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
35mm Socket
Torque Wrench
Tie Rod Fork
Jack Stands
Grease Gun
Rubber Mallet
Tie Rod Puller
7mm Socket
Lug Wrench
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Needle nose pliers
1. Remove the wheel
Loosen the lug nuts.
Raise and secure the vehicle.
Remove the wheel.
2. Remove the tie rod assembly
Remove the tie rod bolt.
Use a pickle fork and hammer to separate it.
Use an adjustable wrench and a fitted wrench to remove the tie rod assembly.
3. Install the new tie rod assembly
Adjust your new tie rod assembly to match the old one for a preliminary alignment.
Mount the new tie rod assembly and tighten it in with a wrench.
Tighten the nut on the tie rod stud to 65 ft lbs.
Install the cotter pin.
Use a 7 mm wrench to install the grease fitting
With a grease gun, grease the inner and outer joints.
4. Put the wheel back on
Preliminarily tighten the lug nuts.
Lower the car and torque the lug nuts to 120 ft lbs using a star pattern.
Brought to you by 1A Auto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet. Hi, I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1A Auto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my 20-something years experience restoring and repairing cars and trucks like this, to show you the correct way to install parts from 1A Auto.com. The right parts, installed correctly, that's going to save you time and money. Thank you, and enjoy the video.
In this video I'm going to show you inner and outer tie rod replacement. This truck actually just needed the inner, but if you're replacing the inner, you might as well replace the outer as well. These tie rods fit this whole generation of GM trucks and SUV's - trucks from 98 - 06 and SUV's from 99 - 07. The tools you'll need are a jack and jack stands, a 22 mm lug wrench or socket and ratchet. You'll need either a 35 mm wrench or a 12 inch adjustable wrench that can go to 35 mm and then you'll need a second adjustable wrench as well, a tie rod removal tool, a grease gun, torque wrench, and pliers. The clunking noise was the inner tie rod. You can see here, when I shake the tire back and forth you'll see the inner tie rod move but that steering arm inside doesn't move, so you know there's play in there and it needs to be replaced.
Start out by raising and securing the vehicle on a jack stand and then remove your cap and wheel. We're going to remove this bolt. We've got a ratchet. If you don't have a breaker bar, use a ratchet and a piece of pipe. The bolt should come off pretty easily. Take the bolts off most of the way. I'm planning on replacing the outer tie rod as well, so I'm going to use a pickle fork to separate it. The best way to go about this is to get the wrench on it from underneath and push. That should break her free. I'm just going to speed up as I pull that out. You want to make sure that your outer tie rod spins with the wrench so the whole assembly spins and you don't shorten or lengthen the tie rod -- the inner and outer tie rod assembly.
There's your whole assembly out. If you can see here, I've got my old assembly, inner tie rod and outer tie rod, and I want to measure right from the edge of this surface here right to the end. I'm taking my new inner tie rod and outer tie rod and I put them together, just to compare. This will give you a good preliminary alignment. We'll put this nut a little closer. We can put it together now. It will be a good preliminary alignment until you can get your vehicle to a shop where you can get a real alignment.
I'm just leaving my nut right there and spinning my outer tie rod off. The nut marks the place where your tie rod was and then taking off that outer tie rod just makes it easier to get the inner one on. That allows me put my inner tie rod on. Speed it up here as I use the wrench to tighten the tie rod up. Then I can put my outer tie rod right back on and go right up to the nut. Then I'll just fast-forward here as I put that outer tie rod back on the inner tie rod. Now I'm just taking the nut or just getting the outer tie rod in place. Take the nut off the new tie rod, and I'm just going to get some of the debris off the steering knuckle there, and then you can push on the stud on the tie rod and get it lined up with the steering knuckle, and then push it up and in, and start your nut back on.
We'll tighten this up to 65 foot-pounds. Pull a little tighter here and we can get this cotter pin through. We'll fast-forward here as we install the cotter pin and bend the end over and then use a 7 mm wrench and install our grease fitting. We'll take a wrench screw up here. The other one holds the outer tie rod and just tighten up the block nut. Now you want to use a grease gun and grease both the joint for the outer tie rod and the inner tie rod.
Use some more fast-forward here. As you put the wheel and tire back on, start all the lug nuts one by one by hand first, then use your wrench to preliminary tighten them, then you can lower the vehicle back down on the ground, torque the lug nuts to 120 foot-pounds. I'm using a crossing pattern and then I do it one more time, go around all eight and make sure they're tight. Then you can put your center cap back on and you should be all set.
We hope this helps you out. Brought to you by www.1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet. Please feel free to call us toll-free, 888-844-3393. We're the company that's here for you on the internet and in person.
Tools used
21mm Socket
Torque Wrench
Hammer
22mm Wrench
Anti-Seize Grease
1/2 Inch Impact Gun
22mm Socket
Tools used
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
Metal Cutters
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Pry Bar
7/8 Inch Socket
7/8 Inch Wrench
22mm Socket
Tools used
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
Metal Cutters
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Pry Bar
7/8 Inch Socket
7/8 Inch Wrench
22mm Socket
Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Liquid Thread Locker
Brake Parts Cleaner
7/8 Inch Wrench
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
Metal Cutters
Paper Towels
7/8 Inch Socket
Cloth Rags
22mm Socket
Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Socket Extensions
Rust Penetrant
Jack Stands
18mm Socket
7/8 Inch Wrench
Socket Driver
Wheel Chocks
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1/2 Inch Impact Gun
22mm Socket
You want to keep in mind when you're doing this job after you're done, you're going to want to go to a local garage and have the vehicle aligned so you don't have premature tire wear. Take the center cap off. I'll just use a straight blade screwdriver, just get behind here, slide it off. Take the lug nuts off. Use a 22-millimeter socket. Gonna take the wheel off. [inaudible 00:00:34] off this jam nut. I'm going to use a 7/8 wrench. And just take some rust penetrant, this thing is a little bit rusty so let that soak a little bit. Gonna take a 18-millimeter socket, take this nut off. And take a hammer and just hit the bottom of the tie rod to release it from the knuckle. Just like that.
Now when I take off the tie rod, just count how many turns you have. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7...21, 22 and write that number down. Now I'm going to take a large adjustable wrench and loosen up the inner tie rod end. And loosen this up and just slide it off. Take a little thread locker, put it on the threads before you put the new one on and line it up. And then use my adjustable wrench to tighten this up. If you have the ability to use a torque wrench and torque this, you want to torque this to 74 foot-pounds. And take the outer tie rod, one, two, and then count the turns that you counted before. Three...21, 22. Take the jam nut not off...I mean the castle nut off and slide it in the knuckle. Slide the stud part into the knuckle. Put the nut on. Just gonna use a pry bar, pry down on the outer tie rod in to prevent the stud from spinning, and just snug this up a little bit. Use the 18-millimeter socket. And torque this to 37 foot-pounds. And if the hole doesn't line up for the cotter pin, just tighten the castle nut until it lines up. Little more. Should be good. Put the cotter pin through. And take my cutters and just bend this over then just trim the excess.
Tighten up this jam nut. I'm going to use a 13/16 wrench, and if you have the ability to torque it, torque it to 36 foot-pounds. There's a grease fitting right here. Just take a grease gun and give it a couple pumps. And I really give it a couple of pumps until I see the boot move a little bit. And that's good. Put the wheel back on. And the lug nuts. And now I'm gonna torque these lug nuts in a star pattern or cross pattern to 140 foot-pounds to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again, double-check. And put the center cap on.
Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Liquid Thread Locker
Brake Parts Cleaner
7/8 Inch Wrench
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
Metal Cutters
Paper Towels
7/8 Inch Socket
Cloth Rags
22mm Socket
Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Pry Bar
18mm Socket
Grease Gun
7/8 Inch Wrench
Pickle Fork
Side Cutters
8mm Socket
22mm Wrench
Drill
Cotter Pin
Ratchet
1/2 Inch Impact Gun
22mm Socket
Before you start, you wanna be aware that after you're done this job, you're gonna wanna go to an alignment specialist so that you can have the vehicle aligned so you don't wear out the tires prematurely.
I'm gonna remove the wheel. Use a 22-millimeter socket. Take the lug nuts off. And take the wheel off. I'm gonna loosen up the jam nut. You can use a 22-millimeter wrench or a 7/8 wrench. Just get that loose. That's good. I'm just gonna spray a little rust penetrant on here. And use an 18-millimeter socket, take this nut off. And if the nut doesn't come off and the stud starts spinning, you can use an 8-millimeter socket to hold that stud from spinning, and then just use the wrench to take the nut off. Now you can take a hammer and just give a tap on the bottom of the tie rod, or take a pickle fork and separate it this way. Just if you use a pickle fork, it's probably gonna rip the boot right here. I'm just gonna give it a hit right here. There we go. And now we're gonna take the outer tie rod off. As we unscrew this, just count the threads. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 23, 24. So write that number down. And when you go to put it back together, you're gonna count them to put the other one in the same position that that one was in.
Now I'm gonna take off the inner tie rod end. I'm gonna use a large adjustable wrench because I don't have a wrench that's big enough to fit this. Slide this over and loosen it up. And eventually we'll get that off. Take the inner tie rod end and get this started. Now we're gonna tighten this up with the adjustable wrench. If you have the ability to torque this, you wanna torque this to 74-foot-pounds. Just do the best you can. That's good. Then you wanna take a grease gun and hook it up to this grease fitting and give it a couple pumps. You can do it until you start seeing the boot move a little bit, then you know there's plenty of grease in there. And take the new tie rod end. Get this started. Make sure you count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22, 23, 24 and line this up in the knuckle. Take the castle nut, get that started. Now, what you can do is to prevent the stud from spinning, you can take a pry bar, just pry in between the knuckle and pry down on the tie rod, use an18-millimeter socket and tighten this up. And tighten this to 37-foot-pounds. And then just check to see where the hole is for the castle nut. And if you need to, you can snug it up a little bit more to get it to line up. And that that hole lines up. Now take the cotter pin, slide it through, actually we'll slide it through this way and take some side cutters and just bend it. Tap it out of the way, and then trim off the excess. And we'll snug up the jam nut and tighten that to 50-foot-pounds. Put the wheel back on and the lug nuts. I'm gonna take these lug nuts down to 140-foot-pounds, and I'm gonna do it in a cross pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly. Just go around again. Double-check.
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Awesome!!
James
September 28, 2015
Parts were perfectly matched to my truck. No problems at all. Installation instructions were spot on!!! Local shops wanted anywhere from $900-$1100 to install. I did it for less than $100 plus front end alignment.
Kyle
November 15, 2017
The inner tie rods matched perfectly to my 2006 Chevy 1500, however the stud on the outer tie rod was thicker than the original. For this reason I was unable to use the outer tie rods because they would not fit through the hole. I needed to get my truck back on the road asap and ended up buying the outer tie rods locally.
04 duramax
Mark
April 22, 2018
Needed new inner outer tie rod. These are a great price. They were an exact fit. Absolutely no issues. Went right in.
Great resource
Mike
August 10, 2018
Great product availability and prices.
Thank you 1A Auto
Quick and accurate!
R
December 26, 2018
I'm finding out how quick A1 is anywhere. I had hit a deer in maine and could not afford to have a shop fix the damage, but with A1 Auto I made it to colorado on budget and on schedual with there next day shipping. I'm now comfortable with the accurracy of their parts, I'm used to always running to the napa to return a wrong or faulty part, but so far A1 Auto has been spot on and as always on point from check engine light to completion of the job!
5 atars
Paul
March 7, 2019
A little better description would be nice. I ended up calling the toll free number and got my question answered, so 5 stars.
Another great part from 1A auto
Bryan
March 18, 2019
Ordering was once again easy and shipping was fast. Part find was perfect.
Tie rods
John
June 9, 2019
These tie rods came in the mail fast and are the second order Ive placed from this company. I am very happy with the quality and would definitely recommend to friends.
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David
August 17, 2019
My first got lost in the shipping but 1 A Auto hopped to it & I got the parts real quick ! I haven't installed the parts yet because I just received them yesterday & they looked to be a perfect match replacement !
Perfect fit
M
October 23, 2019
These went on my 2003 Chevy Silverado 2500hd and are perfect replacement parts.
05 gmc 3500 tie rods
Tomasz
December 4, 2019
Perfect fit great price
Tie rods
D
December 18, 2019
They were perfect and went together easy
Tie rods
Jonathon
January 13, 2020
They worked good
Good parts
M
January 29, 2020
Parts arrived early, which was cool. Then they were exactly what I expected, which was cool. Then they had a video showing how to install, just awesome! Appreciate what you guys do all while having some of the lowest prices and good parts, you rock.
Outstanding customer service
John
April 20, 2020
I would like to say the parts I ordered can individually wrapped and in excellent condition. What would have been better would have been ME making sure I didn't have upgraded parts on my vehicle and these parts would not fit.....BECAUSE OF MY IGNORANCE. I highly recommend 1A Auto's parts and videos are with their weight in gold in helping make this repair easy.
Best part store!
D
May 7, 2020
I wasnt sure at first about using 1a auto, but my expectations were exceeded! Price, quality, and and speedy shipping were all there. Love this site!
M
May 18, 2020
everything I order is correct and comes quickly. high quality parts. awsome company!
Chevy 2500 tie rods
Matt
August 28, 2020
Great product with fast shipping
Great company
Jacobe
September 23, 2020
Great company to buy auto parts from quality parts and fast online service..... ??
Inner & Outter Tie Rod
Adiel
October 19, 2020
Im happy with my purchase of these tie rods pair! I would highly recommend this product. Not only its more affordable then my local auto part stores but it comes with both passenger and driver side. Fast shipping! I will definitely be ordering more parts from 1AAuto.
This is the place to buy from
A
December 14, 2020
Everything went smoth package arrived looked up how to video so I had all the right tools and know how making this a easyand fast job thank you 1A AUTO
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Tucker
May 6, 2021
I put my tie rods on and brought it to a shop to get realigned and the mechanic told me that the tie rods I just put on were junk cause they had play in them. Had to pay for new ones and pay for him to install the new ones.... not impressed
Loose in under a year.
Ray
May 12, 2021
Getting new tires and alignment done. And the tire shop does their normal inspection. And found the inner tie rods completely shot. These didn't even last a year. Hope the rest of this kit holds up.
Glenn
September 9, 2021
The inner and outer tie rod ends work great thanks
Nathan
September 28, 2021
Good
EJ
July 26, 2022
Fit perfectly
Good fit
Meredith
March 13, 2023
Fit and aligned well
Great product
Cory
April 13, 2023
Fit perfect for way to put in. You will need a huge wrench, my big adjustable worked
Customer Q&A
Will this fit the 1500 LS not HD?July 7, 2016
DJ V
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NO
July 8, 2016
Brian F
Are these tie rods for both two and four wheel drive models?July 15, 2017
Paul M
10
Yes
July 15, 2017
Jeff B
I notice their no grease fittings on the outer tie rod. Are these already greased from 1A-Auto???January 28, 2018
Lawence B
10
Thanks for the question! These items are greased from the manufacturer and sealed. Thank you!
January 30, 2018
Adam G
Are these quick steer brand?April 16, 2018
Zachary R
10
Not sure of the manufacturer. I do know they work and fit perfectly. I have had them in my 2500HD for a year and a half without any issues.
April 17, 2018
Logan H
10
We have a few different aftermarket companies build these parts specifically for us, as our 1A Auto house brand. They are manufactured to the same OEM specifications as the original part that came with your vehicle. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
April 17, 2018
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