replacing tie-rod boots

[GIJOE]

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.

 

[Navasot]

Awesome! you just added my first stock parts from yota and Honda lol

 

[dickfoster]

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.

Rubber boots like this for tie rod ends, ball joints and such are fairly common generic parts that you can find at most autoparts stores for maybe a couple of bucks each if you look around.

Ball Joint Boot at AutoZone.com - Best Ball Joint Boot Products for Cars, Trucks & SUVs

 

[dickfoster]

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.

Rubber boots like this for tie rod ends, ball joints and such are fairly common generic parts that you can find at most autoparts stores for maybe a couple of bucks each if you look around.

Ball Joint Boot at AutoZone.com - Best Ball Joint Boot Products for Cars, Trucks & SUVs