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I replaced my tie rod ends and I'm worried I may have messed something up.

When I turn all the way to the right, it gets pretty tough and it starts squeaking.

I installed each tie rod end the same turns as it took to uninstall the old ones.
On one tie rod end I was about 2 turns off. Could this be my problem?

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Kind of a vague explanation there. Are both the rod ends facing the same exact way, or "clocked" the same? Is the steering system itself squealing or the tires?
 

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Kind of a vague explanation there. Are both the rod ends facing the same exact way, or "clocked" the same? Is the steering system itself squealing or the tires?

Sorry I was trying to get the video uploaded. I have the front end of the truck lifted, and I was adjusting the gearbox to tighten up the steering a bit. When turning the wheels I noticed this. The TRE's are facing the opposite from each other.

I was told that you dont want to over tighten the gear box, when the wheels are getting stuck when turning them by hand, then the gear box is too tight.

This is what it looked like before

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Just watched the video, those are drag link ends and everything looks normal.
 

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Must beer your steering box adjustment, definitely some metal not happy there somewhere.
 

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Must beer your steering box adjustment, definitely some metal not happy there somewhere.

I noticed one of the drag links was kinda crooked!!!

I loosened the sleeve and straightened out one of the drag links. Fixed everything.
 

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