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Is my TRE suppose to do this?

ChristmasXJ

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heres a video of how much play is in my Tie rod end connected to Pitman arm. I am trying to solve my bump steer issues and I just dont know if thats how it suppose to be.

The nut on top of the Tie rod end wont turn it just turns the entire nut and bolt. what am i doing wrong

sorry stupid question but i really just dnt know lol
 
That doesn't look good. If you're saying that you're trying to loosen/tighten the castlnut on top and the whole thing just spins then you're gonna have to crack the nut or cut the end off. I got a nut cracker from Sears and it's come in handy several times on frozen/stripped nuts.
 
That doesn't look good. If you're saying that you're trying to loosen/tighten the castlnut on top and the whole thing just spins then you're gonna have to crack the nut or cut the end off. I got a nut cracker from Sears and it's come in handy several times on frozen/stripped nuts.

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That isn't right. You are gonna have to cut / crack / torch something to get that out. They aren't supposed to spin but when TREs go bad, sometimes they do.
 
Rent a pickle fork and you should be able to jam it in tight enough to get the nut off.
 
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