[Drtbkercr5]

So... i live in wisconsin. My only car is a mustang gt.I was driving down a snow covered road when i lost control and put it ass first into the ditch. Everything was ok. I didnt break anything and wasnt going that fast. So i go get my dad and his truck. We hook a chain up to the A-arm and pull it out. Well now when i drive, i will have to wheel straight and the car will randomly jerk and it is very hard to keep the wheels straight. So i look uonder my car and this is what i find......








.....what is it?? Tie rod? That bent piece is suppose to be straight. Is this going to be an expensive fix?

[dmachine22]

Yep it is the rod and it should not be costly just look for a wrecked stang with a good rod, man that nasty glad your okay!

[Onemanzu]

yes thats the tie rod i do believe... i think you can get away with just replacing it... but might have to replace the whole steering rack ... not sure

[Drtbkercr5]

Yea, im ok. Ive lost control before and have saved it many times...and i thought i saved this one...it was such slow motion. im so mad at myself.

[HMUSN]

I'm going to go with CV joint and the tire rod is the one with the green bushing.

[GreenFaleen]

wow that thing is mangled Im surprised you could keep it straight, yeah that is the cv though

[KingChronic]

thats the inner tie rod, you may have done damage to the rack as hars as it had to have pulled out. good luck with that.

word of advice. dont drive a mustang in the snow, and dont crash into ditches...

[G.T. Rags]

Originally Posted by Onemanzu yes thats the tie rod i do believe... i think you can get away with just replacing it... but might have to replace the whole steering rack ... not sure

u can get away with just replacing the ite rod....

u will need an allignment no matter what afterwards

[Drtbkercr5]

how hard is it to replace a cv? is it something i could do by myself?

[KingChronic]

Originally Posted by GreenFaleen wow that thing is mangled Im surprised you could keep it straight, yeah that is the cv though

thats not a CV joint, CV joints are in halfshaft style axles, he has no CV joints on that whole car. CV = constant velocity, in other words, constantly spin. that is not a moving part, its attatched to a moving part on the rack. you have the rack, then the inner tie rod, then the outer tie rod.

[Heather]

Its going to cost you about $1200.

haha. jk. i have no effin clue.

[KingChronic]

Originally Posted by Drtbkercr5 how hard is it to replace a cv? is it something i could do by myself?

on your car very, since you dotn haev any.

[KingChronic]

Originally Posted by HMUSN I'm going to go with CV joint and the tire rod is the one with the green bushing.

one with the green bushing is the sway bar, and sway bar end link.

[HMUSN]

steering tire rod KC?

your right.. I just noticed the front control arm in the second pic.

[Drtbkercr5]

you guys are saying different things...lets hope no damage to rack. I am high school student and have low income. and i pay for everything

[Drtbkercr5]

$1200!!! LOL. not gona fall for that

[Onemanzu]

blah to driving in the snow... i laughed at a little civic this afternoon... he was stuck and i just zipped past

[HMUSN]

KC is right.. that was my mistake.

13hours of work will do that to ya.

[KingChronic]

Originally Posted by Drtbkercr5 you guys are saying different things...lets hope no damage to rack. I am high school student and have low income. and i pay for everything

its definently the inner tie rod thats bent. you should be able to pick one up at any auto parts store. pretty simple to fix too. pull the wheels, pop the outer tie rod end off, then remove the boot, then remove the inner tie rod.

your going to need a tie rod tool for the inner tie rod though. and then a alignment.

[MustangMatt96GT]

its a tie outer tie rod.