Most stubborn tie rod ever! HALP!
11-05-2010, 10:11 AM
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Most stubborn tie rod ever! HALP!
I've done thousands of tie rods but this one takes the cake. It's on my '95 Integra LS. Funny part about it is that I took it off when I did the engine swap and I left it loose when I put the car back on the ground to prep other parts of the car. I pick the car back up and take the nut off to put the new axle in (prior to putting the car on the ground the previous engine was removed) and now I can't free the outer tie rod from the knuckle. I've torched it, I've hammered the piss out of it and it still no dice. Looking to see if any of you fine people could lend a guy a hand, or some ideas, so I can get my car back on the ground. I'm in the Chesapeake area close to Greenbrier.
11-05-2010, 10:33 AM
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Re: Most stubborn tie rod ever! HALP!
I've done thousands of tie rods but this one takes the cake. It's on my '95 Integra LS. Funny part about it is that I took it off when I did the engine swap and I left it loose when I put the car back on the ground to prep other parts of the car. I pick the car back up and take the nut off to put the new axle in (prior to putting the car on the ground the previous engine was removed) and now I can't free the outer tie rod from the knuckle. I've torched it, I've hammered the piss out of it and it still no dice. Looking to see if any of you fine people could lend a guy a hand, or some ideas, so I can get my car back on the ground. I'm in the Chesapeake area close to Greenbrier.
11-05-2010, 12:38 PM
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Re: Most stubborn tie rod ever! HALP!
Rented a front end tool kit and got it off. Now I have to grind down the part that I mushroomed to take it off FML. At least it's off and I can put the car back on the ground again.
11-05-2010, 06:06 PM
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Re: Most stubborn tie rod ever! HALP!
There was a video on youtube I saw a few weeks ago of a guy who put a wrench between the knuckle and the tie rod while the car was in the air, then let the car down slowly and let the weight of the car pop the joint out. I'll post back when I find it
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