[Mgs] [MGS] MGB tie rod end removal

[Phil Marcell]

I had a problem of getting mine off.  Guy overheard me discussing it & 
volunteered his two cents.  Said he & his brother had been in car business 
40 years.  Said you can't get it off hitting the stud end but hit  the part 
it goes into several times until it comes loose.  It worked on the third 
hit!

Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Ed Woods" <fogbro1 at comcast.net>; <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [MGS] MGB tie rod end removal


> See http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/wn_suspensionframe.htm
>
> and click on Rack Gaiters/Track-rod Ends.  I've tried various cheaper 
> tools in the past including the 'pickle fork' but either they don't work 
> or they damage the rubber boots on the track-rod ends.  Even this tool had 
> to be modified as described as the force on the bolt was at an angle and 
> not straight up through the line of the bolt.  Slacken the nut so it just 
> covers the end of the thread to protect it from the pressure of the tool, 
> if you don't do that you can distort the threads on the stud, bad enough 
> if the nut is still on the stud, a real pain if you have completely 
> removed it as you then have to re-cut the threads with a small hacksaw to 
> be able to get the nut back on again.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> Anyone know of a readily available tool for removing the MGB tie rods 
>> other than a BFH? That is a non-destructive tool?
>
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