Inner Tie Rod Boot Clamp Removal

5 remove the clamps on the rack boot by grasping the mushroom pinch crimp with diagonal or flush end cutters and twisting cutting.

Inner tie rod boot clamp removal.

Assume that the hub has been unbolted from the car already using the 12 pt. Pull the boot off the shaft. You will need to remove the pinch nut. Took me about 2 hours to figure out how to remove the bellows boot off the inner tie rod.

Use the inner tie rod remover to screw the inner tie rod off the rack. There is another tool out there that s a long cylinder with three screws that clamp down on the inner tie rod however it wouldn t have worked in my case bent inner tie rod. Once i remove the tie rod end keeping a close eye on the position on the threads i ll need to cut the bands on the inner tie rod boot and slide it off. Next take a pair of pliers and remove the clamp from the boot on the inside end of the inner tie rod end.

Remove the inner tie rod end boot by using the wire cutters and twisting and cutting the clamp holding it in place. Channel locks or a pipe wrench won t work to remove a pt cruiser s inner tie rod ends you need to use a tool like this. 7 bend the locking plate tabs away from the flats on the inner joint housing. From here insert the inner tie rod tool apply another wrench to the part coming from the rack and loosen.

Only do this if you are replacing both inner and outer tie rod ends. So i decided to make a video showing you folks what the clamp looks.