New inner tierods with no lockplate! 0.0

[Bene]

I did the exact same thing over the weekend and was considering starting almost the exact same thread. Trippy.

My thought process is that the red loctite wont let go without a serious amount of torque or some pretty high temps. And I don't see how it would get more than 1/2 inch pound of torque on it.

I wanted to know if anyone else has done this. But I guess anyone who has and failed is dead.

[jlevie]

Red Locktite should prevent the inner rods from loosening, but for safety I would not consider leaving the tie rods like that. You are going to have a lot of fun getting those off to install the lock plates. The odds are good that you won't get them off with heating the joint to around 400F.

[Sputnik]

if it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape.
if it shouldn't move and it does, use your hammer.

loctite can substitute for ducttape, and a gun can substitute for the hammer...:D

Thanks for the advice :D