Stock Jk Tie Rod Stud Stripped?

SkylerMitchell

New member
I bought my first jeep back in july. Its a '09 2D JK in deep water blue pearl. It came with the essentials for a first time jeeper (bumpers, winch, lightbar, 2" lift and 33s). Couldn't have asked for anything better considering I paid nearly retail value. Well I pretty much wheeled it until the stock steering components started wearing out and I started experiencing the death wobble. It got to the point when i couldn't get over 35 without shaking out. Ive done inspections and found the track bar was my biggest issue. I replaced it with the RK Bomb Proof. Fixed the main wobble issue to where it was drivable again. Next on the list was my drag link. Bought the synergy drag link and upon install I loosened the tie rod nut on the passenger side for a little extra space to slip it into the steering knuckle. Once the DL was in i tried tightening the tie rod back up and noticed the stud was spinning with the bolt. The stud fits a 7mm hex head so i hit it with some PB Blaster and let it sit for a night. Next day i tried getting the bolt to go back down the stud and the stud stripped. Now I don't know What do do. Do I cut the stud and get a new tie rod end?:doh:
 

SkylerMitchell

New member
you can try to tap in a slightly larger allen wrench in it to hold it in place

I took bricks suggestion with the bottle jack underneath and used a larger allen as well. Using the combination of the two I still couldn't get the stud to hold. I'm all out off options now, starting to think I might have screwed myself


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WJCO

Meme King
Can you use a Dremel with a cutoff wheel and make a slit in it and then use a screwdriver?
 

Andy5160

Hooked
If you hand tight the nut is there any space left so you can just hold the top with channel locks by the thread? It may not be the best option but if there is nothing else left i would try it.
 
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