Hello, John Talley here with Partzilla.com. As you can tell well we've
been doing a little bit of work on our 2016 Yamaha YXZ1000R. Today we're
gonna focus in on replacing the tie rod ends, because when they start sounding
like this? They are on their way out and that's only going to get worse over time.
Now the ends, we're actually gonna do both sides and it's the same part number.
As far as the tools go, it's going to be a very short list and I'll call out the
sizes as we go along. So let me go grab what I need and we'll dive into this.
Now I do want to mention, whenever you're starting in on a project like this it's
helpful to go check out our exploded parts diagrams. Because that's gonna give
you an overall picture of all the parts that are necessary when you're gonna do
a project. In this case, you would have noticed that this should have a cotter
pin on this particular unit that is missing. That diagram is going to tell
you what all should be there in case somebody's already done some work and
maybe not put it back together correctly. It's not the first time I've run up on
that, so those diagrams, they're invaluable when it comes to actually
pulling something apart and then getting the correct parts and then getting it
put back together. Now let's start by breaking loose the lock nut up top. Once
you've broken that loose, bring it back and just lightly touch it against the
tie rod end. Because when we put on the new one, that'll give us the stop point
so our alignment is correct when we go to put it back together. Now hopefully,
yours still has the cotter pin in there. All you have to do is just straighten it
up and then pull it through. And now we can remove the castle nut. That should be
the castle nut plus this washer. Because we are replacing this it's not going to
matter that we damage the threads, so let's go ahead and hit it. There we go.
This one was really close to being done. I can actually get it to catch. Look at
that. It was about ready to cut loose and when it does, you're gonna have a
steering issue instantaneously. So my advice? Do a pre-ride check. All you have
to do is reach around, pull up on this, see if there's play. Because if this
fails, your day is done. Now it's just as simple as threading this one back on to
the same distance the other one was at.
Back in. Now we can reinstall the washer and the castle nut. Now to keep it from
spinning when we get ready to torque it, let's go ahead set it with the soft blow.
We're gonna torque it to 29 foot-pounds.
There we go. Now we're gonna reinstall a new cotter pin, and it may be the case
the castle nut prongs don't line up correctly where you can either get it
going through this hole or this hole. And if that's the case, just tighten it up a
little bit more to where it aligns with either one and then drive it in there.
You definitely want to tighten it a little bit more and not try to loosen it
to get it to line up. All we have left now is just to torque this to 36
foot-pounds. Well how do you do that? Let me show you a neat tool we have from
Motion Pro. This little guy right here actually clamps on to a regular box end
wrench, and on the backside it has a place for a 3/8 ratchet or a torque
wrench in our case. It doesn't matter which distance you have here as long as
your torque wrench comes in at 90 degrees. If it's not at 90 degrees, then
you have to put the angle into a formula and it compensates the, the torque value.
Simpler just to put it at 90 degrees and you're good to go. So now we'll be able
to attach it here, put on our torque wrench, and then put 36 foot-pounds on it.
There you go. Cool little device, huh? Alright guys,
that's gonna wrap this one up. The only thing you have left to do is just
remount your tire and rim. Me? I still have a few projects that have to be
taken care of. Well listen, if you have any questions or comments, why don't you leave
them in the section below and I'll do my best to answer.
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