Written by F. Avery Tepper Triumph Spitfire Tie Rod End Replacement The tie rod ends of my Triumph Spitfire had been neglected far too long- especially when you consider I had purchased a new set and they have been sitting in a box for some time... The process to replace the tie-rods is fairly straight forward and is assisted with help from a tie-rod removal tool. Beginning on one side, I removed the right front wheel removed so that I can have better to access the tie rod. |
Back off locking nut a half turn or so. |
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Remove the nut from the underside of the tie rod end, then using the tie rod removal tool and a large crescent wrench I tightened the bolt until the tie rod end popped loose |
| Once free of the vertical link the tie rod unscrewed easily. |
Spin the new tie rod on, bolt it through the vertical link, and snug the lock nut to the new tie-rod end. |
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