steering rod

[tetsuo]

Ok I hope I'm going to explain this problem correctly. It's a S13 and what I'm trying to replace is what I believe is the steering rod to the front passenger side wheel. I believe this little rod (the thinest one out of all the rods connected to the front wheel) is the one you set the camber, because there's a nut that seemes to adjust the angle of your wheel. My question is .. how do you take this thing off? Esp. the nut that seems to adjust your camber, which, I believe is a locking nut. Do I turn clockwise or counter clock wise on this nut? Thanks in advance.

[black s13]

what youre speaking of is the front tie rod, either inner or outer. this is used to adjust toe, not camber. all nuts on a 240 suspension are righty tighty, lefty loosey.

[Axel Grungy]

you will need a pickle fork/ball joint separator to pop out the tie rod end also.

[black s13]

a hammer works just fine

[tetsuo]

Thanks alot for the tips. Yes it does adjust toe, and it's was lefty loosey, righty tighty. I know this is a 'way-ghetto-solution' to the problem but I ended up not replacing it (it was slightly bent after a hard bump), but simply re-adjusted the toe manually by looking straight at it from the front of the car and by having the steering wheel in the straight position. I compared how the wheel looks on the other side (which happened to have been aligned not too long ago), made them look identical when standing from the same perspective (just opposite sides). It's hard to explain, but I couldn't believe I was able to do a simple alignment and it goes straight! Now I also know it should be replaced eventually because the structural integrity of this rod is probably gone. But my car is driveable... and sometimes it's a lot.