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The boots on my tie rod ends were completely falling apart and even though the Tie Rod Ends were tight, I thought I should replace the whole thing. So I set out to replace all 4 tie rod ends. I found out quickly that the ones listed in the parts list, the commercial equivalents were not exactly the correct parts. Here are two that crossed to the civilian number.
![20200314_111241.jpg 20200314_111241.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549786-b22f9ab5923d22c94c19deb1c11ec7a2.jpg)
They are too long in both directions. I mean these are threaded in two places and both of the threaded parts are too long for a good fit on our trucks.
![20200314_110750.jpg 20200314_110750.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549787-ef00330830abb442da21e5eb917b0d90.jpg)
I had a lot of trouble trying to loosen these to get them out. For a couple of weeks, I sprayed about a gallon of Liquid Wrench in these parts trying to get them to free up.
![20200307_085942.jpg 20200307_085942.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549789-2702f3f92015bd70a22e5684aa462170.jpg)
After I got the nut and the rod to turn, then I needed to break the part free from the truck. I tried everything and finally used two axle separators to break it apart. Note how the two tools are stacked on one another so I can get enough height to force it apart.
I tried to upload a photo but it did not work.
![20200314_111241.jpg 20200314_111241.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549786-b22f9ab5923d22c94c19deb1c11ec7a2.jpg)
They are too long in both directions. I mean these are threaded in two places and both of the threaded parts are too long for a good fit on our trucks.
![20200314_110750.jpg 20200314_110750.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549787-ef00330830abb442da21e5eb917b0d90.jpg)
I had a lot of trouble trying to loosen these to get them out. For a couple of weeks, I sprayed about a gallon of Liquid Wrench in these parts trying to get them to free up.
![20200307_085942.jpg 20200307_085942.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/549/549789-2702f3f92015bd70a22e5684aa462170.jpg)
After I got the nut and the rod to turn, then I needed to break the part free from the truck. I tried everything and finally used two axle separators to break it apart. Note how the two tools are stacked on one another so I can get enough height to force it apart.
I tried to upload a photo but it did not work.