any home-made methods for freeing tie-rod?

[skerocdriver at juno.com (Shawn c Meze)]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Jeff Toomasson
<jtoomasson@yahoo.com> writes:
> Need some crude, yet effective options for removing the tie-rod 
> (passenger) from the brake carrier. 
>  
> I only have a finishing hammer - and while I went ahead and gave it 
> a few whacks, I'd rather continue that route for fear of damaging 
> it.


A bigger hammer (AKA Sludge) works best for the crude/cheap route. You
just need a sharp strike on the ball joint to pop it loose. Only takes
one hit if you do it right. just rememer to remove the nut first....


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