We started with the company’s GM Crossover Steering Kit (PN XOGMSTE, $245) which comes with four 7/8-inch, 1-ton GM tie-rod ends (two right, two left); two 54-inch sticks of 1.5x0.250-wall DOM ...

Tie rods connect either end of the steering rack to the steering knuckles on which the front wheels pivot when the steering wheel is turned. The tie rod has two sections threaded together ...