Hi All,
Thanks for the suggestions, but I see from the responses I didn't
word my problem very well (too late at night I guess).
The problem is the tie rod end won't come out of the arm. I have a
grinder I can use to demolish the nut. There's a good size gap under
the nut, it isn't in the way.
I have been using a ball joint separator (one of the wedge-shaped
things with two tines) both banging on the end (using the pressure of
driving in the wedge between the arm and tie-rod to separate them)
and using the separator as a lever, but neither has worked. I'm
using a 16oz (carpenter's) hammer, perhaps this isn't heavy enough?
Thanks again,
Ian
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Ian and Anne <imothers@c...> wrote:
> Looking for some words of advice on this.
> It's a week before the NW Peugeot meet, and I figure I really ought
to
> replace the Right-hand side Tie rod end as it is quite loose.
Problem
> is, it seems fused in place. One weird thing, there was two nuts
> holding it on; the top one came off easily, the bottom one is
stripped
> and turns (it is quite loose) but won't come right off. I have been
> whacking away at it with a ball-joint separator & soaking it in WD
40,
> with zero results. There is enough clearance under the nut for the
> tie-rod end to come free for the arm. The car has 115,000km (72,000
> miles) so maybe this is the original one? I haven't got a welding
> torch, but perhaps could heat things up with a propane torch, is
that a
> good idea? Or, perhaps this is beyond hand tools and needs to go
to a
> shop. Any other ideas?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian Mothersill
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
> 84 505GL Sedan 5speed
>
>
>
>
>
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