GIJOE
Gold Member
I thought this may benefit someone that has a 3510/4110.
The rubber boot on one of the tie-rods seemed to have come out from under the clip that holds it in place while I was pumping grease into it. After removing the tie-rod, clip and boot I noticed the boot was stretched out, and I was not able to get it to stay under the clip. The tie-rod extension boot also showed signs of dry rot, but neither one was busted, so I knew there wasn't any contamination in either joint. Not wanting to spend approximately $600 to replace both tie-rods and extensions, the guy at my local NAPA found replacement boots that fit. I had to buy two sets of ball joints to get the boots I needed, but $80 was way cheaper. The tie-rod uses a boot from an upper ball joint that fits a 2000 Toyota 4runner (104279), that came from NAPA, and the extension uses a boot from a lower ball joint that fits a 2003 Honda Accord (K80228), that came from O'Reilly's. The repair was easy and straight forward. Here are a few pics.
The rubber boot on one of the tie-rods seemed to have come out from under the clip that holds it in place while I was pumping grease into it. After removing the tie-rod, clip and boot I noticed the boot was stretched out, and I was not able to get it to stay under the clip. The tie-rod extension boot also showed signs of dry rot, but neither one was busted, so I knew there wasn't any contamination in either joint. Not wanting to spend approximately $600 to replace both tie-rods and extensions, the guy at my local NAPA found replacement boots that fit. I had to buy two sets of ball joints to get the boots I needed, but $80 was way cheaper. The tie-rod uses a boot from an upper ball joint that fits a 2000 Toyota 4runner (104279), that came from NAPA, and the extension uses a boot from a lower ball joint that fits a 2003 Honda Accord (K80228), that came from O'Reilly's. The repair was easy and straight forward. Here are a few pics.
