Got the tie-rods in... busted knuckles, pickle forks and lithium grease OH MY

A little raw video, only place i posted this is here, so this is for everybody here. Anyway, tore my hand up pretty good the other day tryna do things without neccessary tools. Trying to just strong arm it when sometimes....that just don't work. At least when you doon;t know shortcuts AND don't have tools.

Either way, thank God I had a buddy with more tools than I did, plus an impact. So we zizzed everything off pretty quick. original inner tie rod and CAUSE OF the issue was me. My error. 100%. In GA before we left I didn't check to see if i had the cotter pins in everything, and the 5/8 OD castle nut on the center link/inner tie rod vibrated loose i guess. I heard a big pop on the ride up and noticed the tie rod out in NC. So we made it here, i parked it and been trying to figure things out since. FF to today....

Popped the outer tie-rod off with the pittsburgh tie rod separator for 12.99(s/o to harbor freight) no prob. Go figure, when you got the tools.... ooooooweeee..

So took it inside out of the cold after measuring the RF to get it close. Got it lined, couple of turns once back out there and thawed out and it popped right in.

So heres some pics and footage to share. Any questions or comments, hit me.

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