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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / February 2008how to remove inner tie rod from 96 sentra
anybody here ever done this? do i need a special tool like this? http://www.autozone.com/R,NONAPP1074/store,3025/shopping/accessoryProductDetail.htm 96 sentra gxe with 95K miles, power steering, am trying to diagnose intermittent vibration at 55mph, have replaced left halfshaft, tires rebalanced. > anybody here ever done this? do i need a special tool like this? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > intermittent vibration at 55mph, have replaced left halfshaft, tires > rebalanced. It was a fairly straightforward job on my 1987 Sentra. The only problem was finding an appropriate wrench to get on the very big nut. One of my 1" adjustables just fit. A set of service wrenches would probably have one the right size. Have you moved the tires around to see if the vibration changes? One always suspects tires/wheels first. I'd expect a loose inner tie rod end to cause tire wear but not vibration as it does not rotate. Good luck. Al thanks for your reply. yes, i moved the suspect tire/wheel to another sentra and it checked fine. after that, i replaced the left halfshaft and it seemed to help slightly. the reason i suspected the left side is because this auto had body damage repair on that fender before i purchased it. so my delema is whether to replace the inner and outer tierod (i cannot tell if there is any damage but there does seem to be more "play" in the yaw direction on this wheel than the other wheel) OR to replace the right halfshaft. the right cv joint was making noise in left turns when i purchased the auto but there has been no noise for at least a year. note: both outer cv boots were badly cracked when i purchased the auto about 5 years ago and i disassembled/cleaned/repacked and replaced both outer boots at that time. maybe i should replace the right halfshaft and eliminate that possibility before pulling the left inner/outer tierods. the halfshafts are quite reasonable now; oreilly had a NEW left halfshaft for only 60 bucks, no core charge requited. > > anybody here ever done this? do i need a special tool like this? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > first. I'd expect a loose inner tie rod end to cause tire wear but > not vibration as it does not rotate. Good luck. Al > thanks for your reply. yes, i moved the suspect tire/wheel to another > sentra and [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - If different tires don't make any difference, then maybe replacing the other halfshaft is the next step. A vibation at a certain speed would cause me to suspect a rotating component as opposed to the steering parts. Indeed, the prevalence of FWD has brought the price of axle shafts down a lot so it's cost effective to try that first. Worn tie rod ends, inner or outer, should show up as uneven tire wear and noticeable play in yaw which you can visibly trace to the offending tie rod. Doesn't sound like you've got that. Good luck. Al Sorry Al, but bad inner tie rods WILL cause vibration, and I have had the same experience nucleus wrote about on one of my cars too. You can move the wheel in and out with the steering wheel locked and see the play. You can see it better by popping off the boot. Sometimes these buggers are well hidden and it takes some work to remove them when you dont spend the money for a special tool. -Speedy >> anybody here ever done this? do i need a special tool like this? >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > first. I'd expect a loose inner tie rod end to cause tire wear but > not vibration as it does not rotate. Good luck. Al speedy, thanks for responding. would you please elaborate on the particular vibration problem that you had. was it a continuous vibration at highway speed or an intermittent (repetitive) vibration? my vibration is intermittent (repetitive), it fades in and out over about 3 to 4 seconds, is gone for several seconds, and repeats this cycle over and over again. > Sorry Al, but bad inner tie rods WILL cause vibration, and I have had > the same experience nucleus wrote about on one of my cars too. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -Speedy |
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