Inner Tie Rod / Track Rod Replacement

[Gohn 66]

inherited a well used rack, (power steering 205 Si, right hand drive)

cleaned and checked it over before installing and after four years its finally got a small knock

did some checks and looks like its Left Front inner tie rod / track rod

already put new  tie rod ends on it, but never had to replace a track rod before, ever

couldn't find much discussion at all on this, nothing that made it clear anyway 

 

couple of questions before getting in

 

- is it ok to replace inner tie rod on the car or much better to just get the whole rack out and then do it ?

 

- are the part numbers for inner tie rods same both sides ?  #381295 ?

 

tia

 

 

 

Edited May 11 by Gohn

[Leslie green 87]

They are the same both sides , I got mine from retro race and rally in the uk but that wont be much good to you in Australia , you need to be able to hold the rack teeth firmly to get it unscrewed , I held the rack teeth in the vice protected by wood either side  as mine was already off the car . The little washer behind will need reused as the pas one is different I found. there are pics on my thread.

That small boot on the left in your pic has a metal ring on it and just taps off ,there was no info out there I could find on it , replacements often come with no metal ring inside and there is very little to hold it on , I had to buy twice to get a decent one.

Edited May 11 by Leslie green

[Leslie green 87]

Page 9 has pics :

 

 

 

[DamirGTI 329]

Car replace it with the rack on the car or with the rack removed as you wish .. there's spec. tool for inner tie rod replacement with the rack on the car (google "inner track rod tool") or some of the tie rods had flats on the sides so in that case you can undo them simply with a wrench .. if it's round and you do not fancy buying tool just for one go , with the grinder grind off two flats opposite of one another on the round end so you can slip the wrench in and loosen it off (do the same on new one for tightening back on) ... or can use bigger plumbers wrench/stilsons to undo/tighten back grabbing on the round end .

 

Retainer/locking ring , can do with or without it .. if there's no locking ring use red loctite threadlock or equivalent (the hardest/strongest) on the tie rod threads .

 

Yes the part No. is 381295 , for 205 they're all the same length base model and GTi and fits both left and right .. 

 

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Edited May 11 by DamirGTI

[Gohn 66]

thanks gents !  as they say here, rack off it is then

 

not sure how it all fits together yet but will reread your tips once the rack's out of the car 

 

off to order parts which'll take a few weeks