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Old 06-01-2007, 03:45 PM
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Does anyone know what this consist of? I was told that it would cost over 400 bucks!!! This might not be a bad price but i think that seems a little high, altho im not too sure of what they actually do.
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Does anyone know what this consist of? I was told that it would cost over 400 bucks!!! This might not be a bad price but i think that seems a little high, altho im not too sure of what they actually do.
Look in your owners manual to see what is included. You can do a majority of it yourself. I am sure it includes an oil change, air filter, cabin filter, rotate the tires and check all the fluids. I would change the tranny and diff fluids if it were me.
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I went ahead and told them to do it, its going to end up costing like 425.

I also needed a few warranty things fixed so it needed to go in the shop anyway.
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Can someone tell me what an inner tie rod affects? They said that it had a bunch of slack in it and they are now replacing it, under warranty of course.
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Here are some pics of my bent inner tie rod end:





It turns out that this was not covered by warranty b/c it was caused by some kind accident. It ended up costing $122 (90 for labor and 32 for the part)
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The inner tie rod connects the steering gear to the outer tie rod. The outer tie rod mounts in the spindle which is what your tire is mounted to so you can steer. If its bent like that it will cause tire wear and possibly a pull. Or both. What happened to it? You don't remember hitting something to cause that?
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The only thing that i can think of was several months back when a friend of mine and i took m truck through this mud whole with some REALLY bad ruts, i could have possible done it then but other than that i really dont know of anyhting else.



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