I have already done the rebooting. I took off the tierods as a unit [I used the 2 hammers against the tierod mount trick to pop them off] so alignment was not affected. I am leaving the zip ties in place.
I just wondered if anyone had a good way to put on the factory clips.
for future reference

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1981 240D 143k 4 spd manual -SOLD

2004 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 300k -still driven daily