crogthomas 0 Posted March 11, 2006 The rubber boot over one of my tie rod ends has perished and split. The bearing itself seems to have plenty of life left in it and I want it to stay that way. Ive seen these replacement dust covers available through Rally Design: http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/tie_r.html All I need to know is what size to get. So does anyone have a old knackered tie rod end they could measure accurately or one they could lend me to measure? I guess I will need to remove the exsisting rubber boot hence the need for a knackered one. While im at it, does anyone have a old TCA they could lend me? I'll see if its possible to fit these covers to the balljoint on one of those as well.. Thanks Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,003 Posted March 11, 2006 Track rod ends are less than a tenner each new - hardly seems worth the hassle to me, but there you go. I've swapped the boots between a knackered wishbone balljoint (with a good boot) and a good wishbone balljoint (with a split boot) before now and that's easy enough to do, and given it cost me nothing except 15 minutes of my time it was worthwhile doing when a new wishbone is £40-50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crogthomas 0 Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) Track rod ends are less than a tenner each new - hardly seems worth the hassle to me, but there you go. I've swapped the boots between a knackered wishbone balljoint (with a good boot) and a good wishbone balljoint (with a split boot) before now and that's easy enough to do, and given it cost me nothing except 15 minutes of my time it was worthwhile doing when a new wishbone is £40-50. I was thinking these poly dust boots would be useful for wishbones since they would hopefully be a fit and forget item. It makes sense to try them out on the tie rod since i have tha particular problem right now. If I find out that they are crap (made in america is says.....) then I wont bother on the wishbones. Do you have a spare tie rod or wishbone lying about I could measure? Edited March 11, 2006 by crogthomas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,003 Posted March 11, 2006 I was thinking these poly dust boots would be useful for wishbones since they would hopefully be a fit and forget item. It makes sense to try them out on the tie rod since i have tha particular problem right now. If I find out that they are crap (made in america is says.....) then I wont bother on the wishbones. Do you have a spare tie rod or wishbone lying about I could measure? The boots usually outlast the rest of the wishbone in my experience so I'm not really sure it's worth swapping them as a preventative measure. I should have a spare track rod end and wishbone if you want to measure them though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crogthomas 0 Posted March 14, 2006 Anthony, could you let me know when I could pop over to measure em? PM me your postcode as well so I dont have to drive around in circles looking for white 205 GTi's.. thanks Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crogthomas 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Ello, are you there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
