Hello, trying to change my tie rod ends and am having an issue with with a nut.
41+ Spinning Tie Rod Nut Background. Releasing a tight tie rod nut to adjust the front wheel geometry. If perfect, the jam nut should not take more than 1/8 turn to secure the i tapped on the outer tie rod end while trying to loosen it which helped a lot.
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About 4% of these are nuts. On taylor and gibson instruments, for example, the truss rod nut is typically. This truss rod nut is stripped, so the rod won't adjust.
Manually spinning a nut down a long piece of threaded rod is not my idea of fun.
If you hold your tie rod down with enough strength, maybe you can keep it from spinning. I noticed your paint mark on the jam nut moved a little more. I know they are designed to pivot or tilt of course. If you hold your tie rod down with enough strength, maybe you can keep it from spinning.
