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Anybody got any tips to remove the rod end? I cant stop the arm turning when im trying to unscrew it, im on with this right now, and its really starting to piss me right off!
there are flats on the steering arm to hold onto with a spanner.
Yeah I'm on them, but can't budge it at all. To double check - it is anti clockwise to undo correct?
These seize and are annoying. You've undone the locking nut, right? Lock the inner rod with a 16mm and then try screwing it further in the break the rust/dirt, and anticlockwise to take it off.
I heard heat helps but I usually do the entire inner and outer rod and I mess with mine so often it never seizes.
Some are a nightmare to remove.
at the end of the steering arm there is a pressed on cap which the trackrod screws into. Its this that grips onto the trackrod Ive found. The one i had bent the actual trackrod Im sure it was glued. But if you can knock off that cap or even open it up a bit to loosen its grip you should manage ok.
I've given up with the end itself and now I'm going to change the whole arm. I have to now anyway as I bent it slightly trying to get the rod end off. Tried heat but to no avail, tried cracking it clockwise but again nothing. Just waiting on a wobba special - the sealey removal tool! and can crack on.
Cheers
16v_paddy
05-11-2014, 22:27
Last 1 I did I ended up using a grinder to split the track rod end open, but that was a superior valver item, not the crappy male type tre you willy boys are stuck with :lol:
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