Travis R

my car swerves on the road when i hit bumps and it shakes on the highway could this be the reason? and what is this part called? its on a 94 hatch btw.

Former User

Broken rack end/inner tie rod:

Travis R

thanks for the quick reply.
how much do you think it will cost to fix this?
how dangerous is it to drive like this?
what parts do i need to buy just a tie rod? are there 2 tie rods or is it one piece?
thank you

Former User

Stop driving the car. It's unsafe to drive. Have it towed to a shop for repair. As for cost, call shops for estimates. Tell them that the rack end/inner tie rod has snapped.

StockandSlowEG6

Had one go out on my coupe, called around the salvage yards, got one for $75 and the inner tie rods are like $25 a piece

njhustler

That looks bad , dont drive it. dont forget to get an alignment afterwords.GL.

Travis R

thanks

Gustav129

Wow, that's the worst broken tie rod end I've seen. Do you do the regular maintanence on your car or does a shop? How come that wasn't caught along time ago if inspections were done.

To inspect them in the future, when you lift the front end, put your hands at 12 and 6 oclock, and push on the top and pull on the bottom a couple times, take noice of any clunks or looseness.

Then put your hands at 6 and 3 oclock, shake tire back and forth, take note of any looseness.

-If there's the same amount of movement in both top to bottom and side to side, you have a bad wheel bearing
-If you only have movement top to bottom, then suspect a ball joint
-If you only have movement side to side, then start looking at inner and outter tie rod ends.