Re: Fw: Do you now the answer?

[stans4@ibm.net (Stan Schaefer)]

I don't subscribe to the hit-it-with-a-bigger-hammer theory on
steering components, too easy to bend something really important.  Use
a lever-type tie-rod/ball joint tool.  J.C. Whitney has them fairly
cheap, have been using mine for 15 years.  I agree, a pickle-fork is a
barbaric thing at best.  This unit doesn't bend anything, uses screw
pressure and a lever to gently push out the tie-rod stud.  Doesn't
bugger up the boot or the end of the thread.  Wish I could offer a
better source, but I haven't seen them anywhere else.  At the price
boots are, one use will more than pay for it.

On Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:14:03 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello All
>        If you ever need to remove a tie rod end, DON'T use the removal
>tool, they are realy bad.  My neigbor, who is a realy good mechanic told me
>to just hit it hard with a heavy hammer.  This doesn't damage the part and
>the the tie rod end just pops right out.  This works because the material
>surrounding the hole is softer that the material making up the tie rod end.
> The tie rod end material keeps the hole from getting out of shape.  I have
>removed 4 tie rod ends with the greatest of ease.
>        -LMH
>        -67 FB