I usually remove the nut, then place a bottle jack under the stud. Jack it up slightly, then whack the arm close to the end with a large hammer and it will pop loose. No special tools needed. Paul Guzyk wrote: > Pickle fork will do, but it mangles the rubber boots, but if you have > new ones who cares. > > A puller is better, "borrow" this set of tools from your local > Kragen/Autozone/Canadian Tire if they have free loaner tools. This > set is good for all kinds of front end stuff: > > http://tinyurl.com/2zybcy > >> Thanks for the info. Can the outer tie rod ends be knocked out with >> a hammer or pickle fork? Or do I need some kind of special puller? >> I have new tie rod ends to go with the new (rebuilt) rack. > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.