While tie rod ends may not be on the forefront of your brains, they'll cook you envisage of them quickly when the steering's off on your Saturn Ion. The worthy broadcast is that the tie rod ends are manageable to modify yourself. After an alignment, your Saturn Ion Testament be back to its senile self.
Instructions
Remove the Tie Rod Ends
1. Buy tie rod ends that are meant specifically for your Saturn Ion, for tie rod ends vary from pattern year to design year, also as for the 1.9L engine, 2.0L and 2.2L engines, and 3.0L engines. These tie rod ends recurrently come with nuts.
2. Loosen the lug nuts on the front tires on the contrary arrange not remove them. Up thrust your Ion up on a jack, then device it on jack stands. Remove the tires.
3. Custom a wrench to loosen the marmalade kernel that secures the outer tie rod to the inner tie rod, then return off the inner tie rod marmalade follower. Close, remove the follower that secured the tie rod to the steering knuckle.
4. Seperate the tie rod and the steering knuckle with a tie rod separator. Unscrew the tie rod mark from the inner tie rod, and grasp track of the turns it takes to engage in so. Communicate down this unit. Unscrew the preserve peanut and throw it away.
Replace the Tie Rod Ends
5.7. Put the tie rod end into the steering knuckle and screw on a new nut to secure it, tightening it to 18 foot pounds + 90 degrees.8. Repeat Sections One and Two, then reinstall the tires.
Use a wire brush To cleanse the threads of the inner tie rod, then screw on a new jam nut.6. Screw on the tie rod end, making sure you do so the same number of turns as it took to unscrew the original (see Section 1, Step 4).
Tighten the lug nuts to 103 foot pounds for the 1.9L engine, 138 foot pounds for the 2.0L & 2.2L engines, and 139 foot pounds for the 3.0L engines. Get your Saturn Ion aligned.
