Just a lttle food for thought, It sounds like the female ends of your tie rod are in trouble. The Chevrolet truck service manual shows a correct way and a incorrect way for the tie rod adjustment clamps to be positioned when tightened. Don't know what your tie rod tube ends look like now, if it is safe to use or not, but if the clamps are not positioned correctly, they will not pinch the ends properly leaving the tie rod end able to wiggle loose after some use. The tie rod tube slot has to be either completely enclosed within clamp or completely exposed within clamp when tightened. It's a lttle hard to explain but did you follow me?
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1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi
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1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03)
1998 S10 short bed
2002 S10 Blazer
1942 Oldsmobile
1958 Massey Harris Pony
1951 Wife
Killingworth, Connecticut
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