Q: Inner & outer tie rod specs

asked by on February 26, 2017

Torque specs for inner & outer tie rods on a 2004 buick lesabre

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

Hello.The tie rods on your vehicle have torque specs of 30 N·m or 22 lb ft

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