Volvo tie rod replacement tutorial
This is a pretty straight-forward repair that anyone who has turned wrenches can do (I rate it a two skinned knuckle job out of a possible five). If you aren’t sure that your tie-rod ends need to be changed, you can jack up the front-end of your car and try to wiggle the tires by holding the tire at the 3 and 9 o’clock positions. When you try to wiggle the tire, you should feel no looseness. If you hear or feel a looseness, then you need to do this repair. Another sound reason to do this repair yourself, is that I have been told (but not confirmed) that Volvo charges $1400 for this repair (both inner and outer tie-rod ends)!
MVS Forum Member MadeInJapan says:
nlemerise over on Swedespeed shared this (also added to our database)…includes pictures…great tie rod write-up:
MVS Forum Moderator matthew1 replied:
Fork in the road: Outer goes there, Inner stays here Outer tie rod questions and tips on 850, S70, V70, XC70, and V70 XC older than model year 2001 let’s put in Outer Tie Rod Replacement Tutorial – 850, S70, V70, XC70. Inner tie rod questions and tips we’ll use this topic. It’s not as though either inner or outer is that big of a job or terribly different from each other, but since we have two topics, might as well keep each focused. Thanks!
MVS Forum Member hausmeister replied:
Just some info from my experience:
Tried to replace the inner tie rod today, but I utterly failed. Couldn’t get the old one off – I tried a wrench (and hammering ist) and also a pipe wrench… no chance (not enough space and also the metal just strips off).![😡]()
Inner and Outer Tierod Ends DIY Tutorial
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