Does anyone have a 7degree tie rod end reamer for sale, rent or borrow? Its for a 1995 Grand Am tie rod end. Not sure about the degree. If anyone knows for sure please chime in.

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Our local auto parts stores (advanced, auto-zone, Napa) let you buy the tools and return them when you are finished. Kind of like a free rental with a deposit.

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Ream it with a drill bit and pack it with JB weld if you absolutely have to and swear to God you did not know any thing about it!

I have checked with Napa, Oreilly, Autozone and Advanced Auto and none of them have a reamer. JB would probably work on somebody elses but this is for my buggy..lol

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If you have a circle track race shop around they will hsve one

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Would it be possible to use a Heim joint in place of the tie rod end and drill out the steering knuckle. Or Ford Festiva tie rod ends will fit a ball joint steering knuckle. There are lots of options if you look around.
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Kenric

There is a dirt track shop near by. I will check them out. I thought about heims but the Grand Am rods are made in such a way that I will have to change the ends to use heims. Just about much effort for that as it is to re ream. The Grand Am TRE's are beefier than the VW. I would like to keep it all Grand Am. I did find an el cheapo hand reamer on ebay. Surely with enough TLC, oil and time I can ream 2 holes before it craps out on me.
P.S. It's a King Pin

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try mcmaster carr they will have it or speedway moters

I run a grand am rack and so does a friend he said the same thing and after his first ride he had to get heims and the tie rod end bent in half pretty easy, just our experience maybe u would have better luck but IMO the stock grand am ends don't hold up and are not stronger than stock vw

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Thanks Cush53 for the info. I guess the old German steel is stronger the the thicker Grand Am steel. I ride hard. I bend most of my 1/2'' grade 8 bolts in my suspension after a few rides. Did you make new tie rods and run vw ends or new rods and Heims? What set up did you find to be better?

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Here my grand am set up

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Clean looking setup. Where did you get your tie rods? I think MadMike made mine for my VW steering.

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Correct me if I'm wrong , Andrew yours is a end load rack like mine, big D urs is a center off the earlier grand ams, nice set up andrewha, big D keep the pics comming I wanna see the finished install on the center load rack

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Yeah sorry mine is end

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Yeah sorry mine is end

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He made those too he does great work

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Will do. Waiting on some hardware to be shipped.

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