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How did my tie rod jam nut come loose

  

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2006 Scion tC

I took my car to get aligned, drove it afterwards and it was super off so I took it back.  They aligned it again and a couple months later, I had a clunking noise.  The jam nut for the tie rod was loose and wobbling around.  How did it come loose? Should I be worried?  Im going on a 15 hour road trip in two weeks !!!!


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It came loose because they probably didn't tighten it.  Take it back, again, and tell them to do the job correctly.


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Posted by: @emukdog7

Should I be worried?

I would be. Make sure it's tightened following the service manual torque spec, and then monitor it for a while.


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