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footman:
Hey guys, I've put the new to me front 44 in and my toe is is terrible. 61 inches in back of front tire 60 in front of tire. I can't get the tie rod to budge even with soaking in PB. That's where I need the tricks. Help

skibum:
If your belly pan rotted out than I can understand the amount of rust that has built up on the threads of your drag link & tie rods. Soaking the treads with ATF every night for several days & using a pipe wrench with a 4ft or longer pipe might help but torches are your best friend. Just don't heat them too much because you can make the metal brittle & if you hit a big pot hole in the road at a good speed the ovueheated metal could crack & thats not good. Just a worst case sinario. If you do free the treads up then compleatly unscrew the treads apart,wire wheel all the rust clean from the treads & put Never seize grease on the threads. Then you will NEVER have this problem again. If you can't free them up & you don't have torches then you might have to by new parts. If you work on your own vehical & live in New England then you NEED torches. Rust happens around here.

Flex:
if your running stock steering this is a good excuse to throw it out and get something that can take a beating

zjchef25:
you could just get a front end alignment i take mine to good year in new london right off the highway, they do a super good job but the price is a bit high since its a technically a specialty vehicle

footman:
So a pipe wrench and a very large pipe did the trick.  I still have a little shimmy around 40-45 mph but I can probably still dial in the toe in bc I was using my son to help with measurments:)  As far as paying someone to do an alighnment, it just doesnt make sence bc the very next time I'm out wheeling and smack into a rock there goes my hard earned money.  This weekend onto the rear!

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