When I bought this car last August, it wasn’t running and it needed a bit of a refurbishing as it’d been sitting for years. It had decade-old tires, the alignment was horrifying, and the brakes were ...

Tie rods are essential parts of a vehicle's steering system. They are located towards the end of the steering rack and connect the steering and suspension systems to the front wheels, which allows the ...

The tie rods in a modern vehicle are vital parts of the steering system. There are typically two types of tie rods under the front of the car: The inner tie rod connects directly to the steering box ...

Tie rods connect either end of the steering rack to the steering knuckles on which the front wheels pivot when the steering wheel is turned. The tie rod has two sections threaded together, so their ...

Rack-and-pinion steering is somewhat different from the steering boxes we looked at in last month's issue. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it combines the steering box and tie rod, or ...

The plan was fairly simple. Go out to the desert, bend a tie rod intentionally, and shoot an article for "What Now?" on how to get a Jeep with a bent tie rod off the trail. The problem is that that's ...

Metal carnage in the dirt is almost unavoidable. If you’re not breaking parts, you’re not going fast enough! Most of the time it’s driver error, but sometimes it’s just a weak part that wasn’t up to ...