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I've been pounding on my steering linkage ball stud with a ball joint separator for a while now. Can't get it to budge. Bigger hammer or am I missing something. Nothing in the service manual or assembly manual that I can find. Other question is... I'd like to rebuild the linkage only replacing the boots (maybe other damaged parts). Doable?
I prefer to use a two finger tie rod separator rather than beat on things. Tighten it down and then rap on the adjusting nut with a hammer, tighten it more, until it finally pops loose.
will take 5 minutes to remove using the harbor freight tool.
GJM
I too feel better. Had a feeling it wasn't just me. THANKS GJM!
What I don't feel good about is the search function in CF. I "advanced" searched for all kinds of steering linkage plus keywords, tags, specific and non-specific forums, etc. Either no results or too many results. Never bumped into the "Steering linkage removal GRRRR!" I may not know very much about steering linkage, but, I do know CF needs help with their search indexing, sorting, and general SEO. I'm 99.9% sure it's time for CF to upgrade to a 21st century search engine.
11-10-2018, 06:48 PM
steering linkage question(s)
What I don't feel good about is the search function in CF. I "advanced" searched for all kinds of steering linkage plus keywords, tags, specific and non-specific forums, etc. Either no results or too many results. Never bumped into the "Steering linkage removal GRRRR!" I may not know very much about steering linkage, but, I do know CF needs help with their search indexing, sorting, and general SEO. I'm 99.9% sure it's time for CF to upgrade to a 21st century search engine. 
Dave
