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Offline midz16v

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tie rods
« on: 13 August 2011, 01:14 »
Mine have gone on my mk2 valver its a manual rack how hard is it to change these?am i better to remove rack and fit them outside?

Offline weazgti

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Re: tie rods
« Reply #1 on: 13 August 2011, 14:22 »
I couldnt get a spanner on mine with car jacked up and also i couldn t get the gaiter on the other side.
I ended up paying a garage to get a gaiter put on because it fecking annoyed me. Easier on a ramp.

Offline rob.043

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Re: tie rods
« Reply #2 on: 13 August 2011, 18:34 »
Probably easiest with the sub frame off?