RiNkY

Anyone have any tips for removing an outer tie rod end?

Whaled on the thing with a Tie Rod Fork & BFH and it doesn't wanna budge. I've seen tie rod lifter tools, which kinda look like they push the thing out, anyone tried those? Figured if a 3Lb BFH won't shift it, that won't have much chance, but I'm willing to give it a go.

Next option after that I imagine would be some heat!

Suggestions?

RiNkY

Here's the tool I was talking about. May see if I can pick one up locally.

thook

Penetrating fluid...soak. Then heat if you need it. As a last resort...or just any easier alternative...you can cut the bugger off. I've had to before. Out in minutes. Using a grinder or a cut off wheel with a circular saw. The latter is what I used.

RiNkY

Yeaa - I thought about cutting it off, but then I'll still have part of it stuck. At least with the hole thing stuck in there I have something to push against. Soaked it pretty good yesterday in PB Blaster. Just ran out and gave it another good spray. When the wife gets home from work in a couple of hours I'll go see if that did any good.

apalmer1

Trust me you NEED a tie rod puller. I did an inner tie rod last week and when i was removing the outer tie rod cone that you are talking about i tried everything known to man just for s and giggles and eventually i had to resort to the tie rod puller, though i already had one. Any local auto parts store that carries utilities (Napa, Carquest, et.) should have one. Those things get jammed in their pretty tight and without a tierod puller its basicaly pointless.

thook

Just as a "one more try" until you get the puller, if you have a pipe wrench get a good grip on it and twist with a long cheater bar. If it'll twist, you can pop it out then. And have you tried a torch yet?

It'll be interesting....if it's that stuck in there, I wonder how easy it's going to be coming out of the sleeve!? But, maybe you don't have rust...

longhungsilver

ive always had luck with 2 ppl and 2 Big hammers.. one on either side of the tie rod (or idler or wutever your doing). one guy holds the hammer firmly against one side while the other guy wails away on the opposite side... few whacks and she will pop out

Luvmeye22re

Penetrating fluid like said, and that tool is the shiznit! Get one if you can, they work great.

apalmer1

Yea, you can do it with endless hammering and risk bending/damaging something else, or you can go nuts and spend the small sum of money for the tierod puller and never have to worry about it again...

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?P...OD&ProdID=7226

Autozone also rents them out for im sure next to nothing...

Luvmeye22re

Those tools are cool when you get one that's really stuck, you'd swear someone just shot a round out of a .22 next to your head.

Blackulua

I had worser situation.My tie rod end went off the ball socket so I was left with a very stuck socket end.I had my truck hang up for a while till I went to see my Snap-On dealer.

I bought the Snap-On CJ-86-1( 1 1/4"-4 1/2" size range).The tool is adjustable to fit and remove the whole truck front end assembly.It also comes with changable tip for the pitman arm.

The tool easily took off the broken socket .The super hard to remove Pitman Arm took some patience.I had to heat and use penatrating oil and added more heat and used the tool and wacked it of with a BFH.

surf4runner

its nothing after you return it.
if the counter person cant locate what it is, ask for a 'pitman arm puller'. thats what its says on the box of my rented puller



or just try a bigger BFH

RiNkY

Will pick up a tool this weekend. Jeeper guy at work says Harbor Freight sell the pullers for like $15. May get the grinder and drill out tho if all else fails.

Luvmeye22re

I remember a thread on pirate a few months ago on a SFA truck where a guy hosed his down with penetrating fluid for a few weeks (pb, the good stuff) beat on it and did all kinds of crap. He got a puller and tightened it on with an impact gun and hosed it down with pb again, he came out the next day and it was loose. Another thing that can help is to get an impact and tighten it. If rust is what's holding it in then tightening it real fast and hard can break the rust, sometimes allowing more home mechanic styles of removing the TRE to work (hammer lol). Sometimes a little MAPP gas heat can help cook the rust in there too, it's not like you need to save the tre so cook it.

typical8o8

whack the outside of the knuckle with a hammer a few times to shock the stuck connection. after that you should be able to break it loose with the pickle fork or by hitting the cone part of the tie rod directly. swing with 2 hands and don't hold back. after you do it this way you can pose like Captain Morgan.

RiNkY

Got the sucker off with a Rental Tie Rod puller from Autozone. $20 deposit, thought the tool was gonna break before it finally broke free tho, but it held up.

Luvmeye22re

POP! I love that sound

Tylerars24

heat it, spray PB blaster in it, hit it with a BFH.

I've gotten a few out like this, of course a puller would probly work too, but I highly suggest heating it and spraing PB blaster on it as soon as u take the heat off.