Thanks for purchasing our HEAVY DUTY tie rod kit!!!

1. Disassemble your original tie rods from the steering knuckles and rack and pinion. (You will have to cut the zip tie on the boot from the rack, and peel back, then with a flat screwdriver and a hammer, you can push back retaining clip to allow you to unscrew inner tie rod end from rack).
2. Install new clevis with jam nut and lock washer into rack after slicing end of rubber boot and sliding it back into place with a new zip tie. You will have to slice outer end a little to go around the rack’s inner shaft. Then screw on clevis with jam nut and lock washer. Lock washer rests against end of rack. (You want to tighten clevis as far as you can until you have to back it off the slightest bit so that the clevis is angled straight up and down). Sometimes you get so close to getting it to line up the first time without having to use the jam nut, and you can use a big crescent style wrench to apply some pressure to make it line up the 1^st time without having to back off at all. If you have to use force on the jam nut with a wrench, it helps to use a big crescent wrench to hold clevis in place as you put a good amount of pressure on jam nut and lock washer so that clevis does not loosen up on you. A drop of blue loctite will help in keeping things tight.
3. Once both sides are tight, you can then proceed by taking a 1/2”-20 thread tap, and some lubricating oil (WD40 will work), and begin to tap the steer knuckle, which is already the right size hole for the tap, and slowly work your way down through the knuckle. Be sure the tap goes in nice and straight. Make sure to occasionally back off a little to allow some of the material being cut to relieve itself out of the way as you proceed cutting through the knuckle. (If you have already drilled out knuckle, just install post through knuckle and use a lock washer and loctite, and also apply pressure when tightening stud to nut so that the nut does not come loose.
4. The next step is to screw the tie rod end stud all the way into the knuckle and apply some good pressure as well, but not so much that you may strip your new threads. Then screw on the nut from the bottom and tighten the nut while tightening stud as well (2 wrenches) so that the lower nut is used to jam nut everything nice and tight. Proceed to install tie rod to clevis on the steering rack, and tighten down 1/2” bolt and nut included in kit. From there you can now straighten steering wheel out and start aligning tie rods by loosening jam nuts on each end, and turning the tie rods to fine tune in alignment.
5. Once you are finished tuning alignment, tighten all 4 jam nuts on both tie rods, and you are ready to ride with your new heavy duty tie rods!
6. Take in mind that these tie rods are made up from mild steel heim joints to make this your new give point so you don’t have to necessarily break rack and pinions. It’s easier to replace an affordable heim joint than it is the replace the whole rack and pinion. You may purchase cromoly heim joints upon request, but the mild steel ones have proven to us to work significant over the stock tie rods.
7. Thanks for your business, and enjoy your new product!
8. We advise you purchase our spindle gussets as well so that you can brace the steer knuckle from wanting to bend. $25 for gussets