my toes are out...or is it toe in?

[Bill H.]

Weekend task of wheel balance & front alignment check showed my 94 530iA to be slightly pigion toed...BUT, alignment guy took me under car to show that the adjustments were "frozen" & could not be turned for adjustment without damage to the rubber covered joints at each end of the tie rod. He put considerable force on the rods as I witnessed the stress being transfered to the joints. And of course, BOTH of them. Suggested solution was replacement of both tie rod ends, which I am told come with new joints. Does this sound correct? It has 126k miles on the originals, so I guess it seems correct; All other part tight & good to go. Seems the ONLY adjustment on the front end is the toes in or out one.

[winfred]

32 21 1 135 666, Tie Rod Assembly about $45 at dealer, comes with inner, outer joints and center adjuster piece

[winfred]

that's for one side

[Bill H.]

rally at Markem Park...did see a ton of those new little 3 series'...the one that look like Honda Civic coupes. I think most of those guy's thought grandpa was out for a Sunday drive in the park with that big, old 5 series, 4 door seedan! ;)

[winfred]

i just didn't feel like a 16 hour drive one way