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Re: Replacing tie rod ends, 77B

To: Tom McLaughlin <tmcl98@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Replacing tie rod ends, 77B
From: "DENNIS COX" <djc@appsig.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 09:26:47 -0700
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Heres how I do it...  Remove the castelated nut..  but thred it out till
the top of the nut is even with the top of the stud.  Get your biggest
ball-peen hammer...  Whack the top of the stud with the hammer...  It may
take a pretty hard whack to break it loos.  Also do an inital alignment
with your tape measure before you drive it the front end shop for
alignment.

Tom McLaughlin wrote:

> Listers,
> This weekend I'm going to replace the steering rack boots on my 77B and
> it was suggested to me to replace the tie rod ends while doing the job.
>  As usual, I hit a bunch of sites to read about how to do this.  On
> Skye's web site he says, "used a J C Whitney lever balljoint separator
> to pop it apart."  I don't have one of these.  Where should I get one,
> from J C Whitney, Moss, local parts store??????  Or does it matter that
> much what source I get one from?  It was also suggested that I need a
> BFH...I have plenty of these.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
> 77B
>
> BTW...Thanks Skye for the great site.  It's the first one I hit when
> trying something new or looking for information...basically daily.

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