Butane torche or two propane on full blast to heat it up as quickly as
possible, penetrating oiul before and after heating watch out for fire...
this will usially get it off if not. Get die grinder, afffixe cutoff wheel
and make two cuts, one on either side of the tie rod end along it's length
perpendiculat to the thread. You won't kill the tread that way. Don't go to
deep and hit ti with a chisel and it should ping right off. Good luck.
Heating really works well on rusted things. Be patient. Use lots of
penetrating oil. You could keep oiling it every few hours for a few days and
it might help. You could aso drill or cut with the cutoff wheel into the
cavity of the tie rod end where the tie rod would bottom out if screwed in
all the way. Fill with penetrating oil.
Chris Reichle
creichle@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Stuck Tie Rod End Nut
Date: Thursday, October 16, 1997 12:03AM
Just discovered a tear in one of the B's steering rack boots.
Of course I don't want to drive with this, and I already had a
spare set, so out came the wrenches. Well the side with
the tear has a stuck lock nut, the one you have to loosen
to get the tie rod out of the ball joint. The nut has a gash in it.
Looks like it took a pretty good hit from some stone or something.
I don't know if the nut is stuck from being deformed or from rust.
Any ideas on getting it loose? I don't know what to do other than
soaking it in "Blaster" and buying longer wrenches.
BTW, does the rack and the boot share the same oil? In other
words, will the steering pinion loose its lubrication if there is
a tear in the boot? When you put the new boot on, do you
put any kind of lube in it, or does filling the rack with oil take
care of that?
The rod inside the old boot looks like it is covered with reasonably
clean oil, so I'm thinking I found the tear in time. I hope.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - finally home after 2 years in shop, AMGBA #96-12029
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