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I am new to this site, i have been visiting it for about a month and it has been very helpful so far, so i decided to create an account today becuase i have a problem i havent seen answered yet. Can anyone please tell me why the grease fitting on my inner tie rod would be rubbingagainst the chasis.
 
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Oh yeah the problem is on a 1996 1500 5.2L
 
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I don't think they came with greasable joints from the factory..... but, I could be mistaken there. Is the steering tight? Or do you have some slop? Going to move this to the second gen ram section for ya.

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They are after market parts.
 
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The driver side wheel is wobbling.
 
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Need to figure that one out then. Given enough slop, things can, and will, hit stuff.
 
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Do you know why the wheel is wobbling? And is it the driver's side that is hitting? I would say either something is bent or someone installed the tie rod ends backwards, usually the inner will have a grease fitting the shoots straight out the end, like opposite the threads of the tie rod.
 
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Well apparently i was drunk as hell and was doing about 90 and slammed on the brakes. I replaced the tie rods on the driver side and well what do you know the wobbling almost stopped, but now one of my tires has a flat spot in it and now it is bouncing a little. Time for new tires! Thanks to Dr. Light, Bud Light that is.
 
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Thanks for all the input from all the forum who replied.
 
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Thinking about switching the back tires to the front to see if it helps, any suggestions.
 


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