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ok, bad, or really bad to drive with a bad/loose tie rod?

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Old 04-23-2005, 12:45 PM
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ok, bad, or really bad to drive with a bad/loose tie rod?
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If not too fast, I vote bad.
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OT- you going to be around late tonight to review some screen shots?
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Default my buddy's wife had one break on her jetta while doing 80 on the turnpike - flipped several times
down an embankment. only place id be driving is to get a replacement tierod
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How would one know if the tie rod is going foul?
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Default lift car up, if you can move wheel in and out, examine tie rods while doing so. initial symptoms....
clunking when going over bumps.... yeah could be a lot of things but it would be on the differential.

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