Hi Gezzer;
Short of a tie rod end press,.......(you can rent one from power
rents).
If you can get a clear swing at it, a 2lb hammer will work. NO not on the
thread end! Loosen the nut that holds the taper, and then bang on the
housing where the taper goes. IOW, you hit the housing normal (to use a
math term) to the taper axis.And I don't mean a tap eather. The guy who
showed me this was a big guy, and he used a lot of force. Evidently, the
shock of the hammerblow is enough to rattle the tapers right out. It's
worked for me many times, but use your own judgement with regard to
damaging anything else. The trick soloution, from my perspective, is to use
the special tie rod press made for a Volvo 120/140/160 (gee can you guess
what brand of car my shop specialized in?) They have the same limited
access, and it works great, but I havent tried it on a TR3 yet.
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> From: Coday Family <coday@localaccess.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3 tie rod end snafu
> Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 12:54 PM
>
>
> Nothing is easy, right?
>
> I have little experience with front end and steering work, but I am
> replacing the tie rod ends and silent bloc bushing to see if that
> will tighten up the steering a bit.
>
> So far, I am one for four at getting the old tie rod ends out of
> their position. The first one just popped out. I started thinking
> I will be done with this in about an hour. No thinking allowed, I
> guess. The other three won't budge.
>
> Anybody have any words of wisdom for me? I am now in retreat to the
> fridge for some refreshment.
>
> Geezer
>
> 59 TR3 TS52320L (up on blocks and making me work some)
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