belarus27

last night got an opportunity to change my inner tie rods.
the process turned to be a little bit more simple than i expected.

the size of tie rods head for a wrench is about 41mm (caliper showed 40.81) or 1 5/8th. (see pic attached) , i heard some people have used a crow foot wrench , but i couldnt find any fast and around my area so decided to give this a try...and it worked perfectly.

see link below for a tool
http://www.autozone.com/test-scan-an...170727200226:s

Lemforder inner tie rods part number LF-2123302103
cheapest price , came up to $78 with free shipping to CA.

link http://www.autohausaz.com/pn/LF-2123302103


P.S. make sure you get the right ends , because they different for 4matic and regular RWD , also not sure but e350 might be different from e550s (i got) ... but anyways , DO YOUR RESEARCH

dbldpr

do you have to get an alignment now?

belarus27

Yep , went to get alignment next morning. Steering wheel was off center . No matter how u try you wont be able to get it back to stock specs with out it.

scrowley

What where your symptoms with bad ones?

I'm having a slight shimmy on drivers side. I shook down front end and didn't find anything loose.

belarus27

Slight shimmy wheel at higway speeds
steering wheel felt too light(i realized it after i changed the tie rod end).
Right now i move it left to right and right to left and it feels smoother and firmer

Also seems like that the steering wheel goes to back to center itself a little faster and without me trying to help it.

scrowley

Interesting. Mine shakes on hard acceleration from any speed on the driver front wheel. Outer Tie rods are tight.

belarus27

i heard flex disk could cause this issue...i dont know for a fact tho.

could be control arms , did you check all of the bushings?