Tie rod scraping wheel

[E-Thirty]

I just installed H&R springs, KYB shock, control arms, control arm bushings, and tie rod ends. When I took the car out, the bottom of the tie rod end on the driver side front was scraping against the wheel...Where did I fuck up?

[twothrees]

When I installed my new tie rod ends(KO Performance, I got the cheaper brand) I encountered the same problem. I found out that the head was larger than the one I took off, which is why it was scraping. Luckily, I was switching out my bottlecaps to
16" slipstreams. This obviously solved the problem.

[E-Thirty]

I just checked and they are pretty much the same size as the stock... how close do they normally ride on stock suspension with bottle caps?

[jlevie]

I've seen this before with non-OE tie rod ends. There's very little clearance between the tie rod end and an OE wheel. So even a bit of dimensional difference causes a problem. Ditch the aftermarket parts and use the OE parts and you should be fine.

[E-Thirty]

You guys were absolutely right. Upon inspection in the day time and no alcohol, I can actually see quite a bit of difference in the sizes, not to mention the oem ones thread in even deeper. The tie rod was literally shaving the inside of my wheel like a potato peeler.

[jlevie]

That's why I'm very cautious about using non-OE parts.

[Flash]

I had this same problem on the super eta when i rebuilt the front suspension, i didnt have the tools so i had to pay a shop to do it AGAIN which cost 90 plus parts and alignment finally...

[E-Thirty]

I just can't believe how close the tie rod is to the wheel by oem spec.

[xLibelle]

file down the side to make for clearance.