Hi all, I have a passenger side tie rod that's pretty well worn out. I decided to pull it. Yanked the tie rod out of the hub, but that's where I'm stuck. It won't turn out of the bar.

Manual says to just turn it out, but I'm guessing it's been in there a while and I've tried everything from heat, oil and yet a bigger bar to get that thing out.

I noticed there is a grove that runs the length of the threads. Is there some sort of tool I could pry that apart with and maybe that would help things?

OR...is this the point you just give up and get two new tie rods and a center bar?!

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

Remember that one side is right hand thread and the other is left hand thread, I don't remember which side is which. Make sure you are turning it the correct way...Mark

 

So you think this one on the passenger side could be turned all the way in and I'm turning on it the wrong way?

I'll climb under the other side and check it out.

 

Tried turning on it both ways and it's stuck. Does anyone still sell the long bar ( adjusting tube) that connects the tie rods?

 

I just recently redid the front end on my donor 93...and the tie rods were in there good! Eventually I had to clamp the tie rod in the vice and then use a pipe wrench to spin the bar. Even then it took a lot of heat and PB Blaster to get them out.

I too would love a replacement bar...since the threads were so rusty on the old tie rods that it deformed the thread pattern coming out, and now the new ones are very tuff to spin in and out.

Here's a pic of what I had to do....

 

TC,

Where did you find these ??



I don't need them, YET, but it seems that they all rot out over time.

 

I got them off E-bay. brandis4x4performance was the seller. $70 for the pair seemed steep...but I needed them.

 

A very simple, yet time consuming way of releasing those tie rod ends is to buy a gallon of "rust converter", which is simply a light acid that can be purchased at any paint store, and let it sit overnight in the solution. You would have to take the bar and ends off the truck to be able to stand it or suspend it in the solution overnight.

The rust converter will enter the threads and dissolve any gunk in there, releasing the TRE.

I use this stuff all the time.
http://www.wmbarr.com/product.aspx?catid=103&prodid=221


But there are many different phosphoric acid products out there that will do the same job.

 

Thanks for the replies. I think either way the bar is going to have to be removed to get the one out. Might as well just do both well I'm at it.

I thought about standing one end up at a time in some sort of miracle solution overnight. What kind of rust converter are you using or is this just a general term for something every store has?

Thanks

 

Re-read my post partially quoted here.