What should have been an easy swap of tie rod boots became a miserable experience by trying to re-use the boot bands. However, I don't see alot of room to get a tool up there if I did have one. The bands did get reused and I have excercised them back and forth multiple times and they appear that they are staying put. I marked the tie rod and the end and counted the number of revolutions necessary to remove, then put it back the same number of turns. It drives straight. I'll have to watch for tire wear to see if anything is amiss.

They can be a pain. Sometimes I drop the exhaust, it makes a big difference.

 

I center punch the nut and rod end and then once the rod end is off, I take a coat hangar and put it up to the nut. Then bend it 90 degrees over the end of the rod.

 

Very easy then to get the nut back to the correct setting.