Tie Rod Ends.

[Trex]

And mine is a s1. I believe they're the same. I think the 34R had different ones.

[Stagea_Neo]

Hi Tom & All,

 

The 48520-23U26 suited the S2 stag fine on driver/passenger side, my build date 11/98 for reference.

 

Before the swap, I measured from the inside of the outer tie rod lock nut, to the last low point on the thread

of the inner tie rod.  Both sides done with a vernier caliper so i had an accurate reference point from when they

were last locked off by the steering aligner guy at the tyre place.  12.05mm on the left and 11.90 on the right for me.

 

Upon removal of my original tie rods, they were shagged, approx 50% play on the left one and 80% on the right,

hence the measurement variation above when sitting stable on the alignment hoist.

 

As the left was less shagged, I used 12.05mm as the reference for fitting the new ones, eyed in the wheels, and steering wheel,

looked nice and straight, tightened it all up. I can accelerate and brake with no hands and go in a straight line.  

Still going for a wheel alignment to get it checked.

 

Maybe use that measurement as a DIY/TIP, before driving down to get checked by a professional?

 

I'm a bit fastidious about using the right tool for the job, see pic below, get a ball joint/tie rod separator to make life easy and not

potentially have any mishaps.  I've seen a handful of people over the years go the hammer bash method (cringe), don't even like those fork

shaped tools for the same purpose.

 

Cheers, 

Pete