A pickle fork, borrowed from my local auto parts store, made removing the tie rods trivial. Fortunately, only 1 of the rod ends needed to be replaced—the one nearest the driver side. I measured the outside end-to-end length of the adjustable rod end and got 59.2 cm. After reassembling the front end, however, the toe-in was off by an entire inch. (Measurement error?)
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