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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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I've tried all day long and I can not get the driver side outer tie rod end to unscrew off the inner tie rod end. I've tried heat and a lot of penetrating oil. I'm starting to round off the hex part of the inner tie rod.

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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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You aren't trying to loosen the tie rod and the jam nut together, right? It'll never come off that way. It would seem to me that if the jam nut were backed off from the tie rod end, the tie rod would come off pretty easily.

Otherwise, pipe wrench time?
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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I've got the jam nut off no problem. The outer tie rod just will not unsrew off the inner tie rod. Anyone change the inner tie rod with the steering rack still on the car?
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