Yes, ive tried the adjustment... But the adjustment screw is siezed up pretty bad. I got it to move ccw about 1/8 turn, and it didnt change a thing. For a test, i moved the whole thing, adjustment aqnd locknut about 1 turn CCW, and it didnt make any difference either.

I need to reiterate that the car drives, handles and steers really well. I just get scared when I manage to find new sounds, or uncover old ones.

I dont know if it was 'locked' in place, but they definitely measured everything to get the lengths right. Even before aligning the car, it drove like before I had the tie rod assy changed. And looking at the before and after printout from the dealer's alignment computer, nothing was significantly off at all. Only a few degrees, which was an amount similar to the amoutn off on the side where the tie rod wasnt changed.

I only did one side because the one on the other side was new looking (dealer changed that one about 40k ago when I took it for an alignment, because they said it was siezed up). Only reason why I had to change one this time was becuase there was play in it.

Thanks,

JMH

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