How to Replace Outer Tie Rods 2011-19 Ford Police Interceptor Utility

Before you start, you wanna be aware that after you've done this job, you're gonna wanna go to an alignment specialist so that you can have the vehicle aligned, so you don't wear out the tires prematurely.

Take off the center cap. You can use a pry bar. If you don't wanna scratch the wheel, you can use a rag or a cloth. Get underneath here. Pop it off. All right. Take the lug nuts off. Use a 19-millimeter socket, and remove the wheel. Now, I'm gonna loosen up this jam nut. Use a 21-millimeter wrench, and that's good. It's just gonna be loose. Now, I'm gonna take this nut off. Use a 21-millimeter socket. And sometimes it'll start spinning. The stud is spinning. So, I need to hold that. So, I can take a 21-millimeter wrench and a 10-millimeter socket, and it's just gonna hold the stud from spinning. Take that nut off, and slide the tie rod out of the knuckle. There you go. Now, I'm gonna unscrew the tie rod, and just count how many turns you have. So, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 21. So write that number down so when you go to put it back together it goes together somewhat where it was when you took it apart. And I'll take the outer tie rod end and count my turns. One, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Got 21 turns, and that's just gonna get the alignment closer. You still need to have an alignment done. All right. Now slide this into the knuckle. Take the nut, and tighten the nut up. I'm gonna use my wrench on the nut. Use the socket on the stud, and just tighten this up. And now, you can torque this to 111-foot-pounds. There you go. All right. Now, we're gonna tighten up this jam nut. If you have the ability to use a torque wrench, you can tighten that to 46-foot-pounds. Take the wheel, put it on. Put the lug nuts on. And now, I'm gonna torque these lug nuts to 110-foot-pounds. And I'm gonna do that in a star pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again, double-check. Take the center cap, and tap it back on. Good to go.