Re: Any trick to tie rod removal?

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

If you are talking about removing the tie-rod ends from the hub carrier arm, 
the simplest way to remove them is this:
to get the nut off the ball-joint, use a bar, one end braced against the 
floor or the car, lying the bar over the top of the ball-joint and push down 
on top of the ball joint - easier with a helper - this will stop the shaft 
turning if it is loose in the carrier. This is also useful for doing the 
reverse procedure when reassembling.
If you have the opposite problem and the nut comes off OK but the shaft 
won't then come out of the hub carrier arm, the simplest solution is to use 
a mallet and hit the carrier arm end-on, down the length of the arm. The 
shock will usually break the rust/corrosion holding the shaft in and it will 
pop-out with a light tap. You can hit it pretty hard without breaking it. If 
it doesn't come out after a couple of hits, keep persevering and it should 
come out.

HTH,


Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8



>From: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Any trick to tie rod removal?
>Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I've already done it once.  In fact, like a month ago.
>  The problem is, once I got them on, get it aligned, I
>find out that my steering gear is bad (broke tooth).
>I have the new rack on order, but last time I took the
>tie rods off, it was a painful, evil process.  I
>loc-tited them when I replaced them and am really NOT
>looking forward to spending 45min/side with a pipe
>wrench AGAIN.
>
>Any tips on how to make it easier?  Special tools?
>Anything?
>
>Oh - with the replacement FEBI/Bilsteins, do I need
>the stock lock-nut on the steering gear, or are they
>good without it?  As long as I am redoing it I might
>as well do it 100% right.
>
>Thanks
>
>=====
>Mark
>
>87 Westfalia Gl
>84 Scirocco 8v
>
>http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/
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