Replace the tie rod complete, it only takes a few minutes as opposed to several hours of cussing and hammering to get the corroded remains of the old one to let go of the old joint. Besides, he lives in Canada, and they are CERTAINLY corroded all the h...l. If you change only the joints, the tube will be so rusty you won't trust it. Mine were pretty bad down here in the sunny south where the roads get salt maybe twice a year!

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!