| Author | Message | ||
| Henry 96A3 (Hank)
Registered Member Username: Hank Post Number: 96 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 69.129.126.133 Rating: N/A |
I got the steering arm nuts off finally. The 125' breaker bar and several assistants did the trick. I'm thinking Godzilla musta torqued those puppies. Now the steering arm aint budging despite my best efforts with a sledge. Is it okay to heat the steering knuckle where the steering arm goes in? How the #$@& are you supposed to get that out? With a press? Hank | ||
| larry currier (Larryc)
Registered Member Username: Larryc Post Number: 125 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 64.65.155.234 Rating: |
Hank, Ya, get a big hammer! Really, place a pry bar between the draglink and the steering arm. Take the biggest hammer you have and while putting downward pressure on the draglink hit the edge of the hole to momentarily egg shape it. The tie rod end will fall right out. | ||
| Stephen Fessenden (Sffess)
Registered Member Username: Sffess Post Number: 700 Registered: 1-2002 Posted From: 67.142.130.26 Rating: N/A |
A local shop here uses a portapower to take off those big rig pitman amrs etc. HFT has reasonbly priced ones. | ||
| larry currier (Larryc)
Registered Member Username: Larryc Post Number: 128 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 64.12.116.203 Rating: N/A |
Hank, its to bad you can't wait for a DOT Inspector to come by. I could almost guarantee it would at least be loose and probably fall off while he was just looking at it. | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 372 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 66.217.108.75 Rating: N/A |
Tie-rod ends, ball joints,etc.... Hold one big hammer against one side, while you pound with another, on the opposite side. The vibration will knock it loose in less time than it took to read this. Gotta' try it, to love it! hammer ----->O<------hammer | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 587 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.117.21 Rating: |
Oh, and make sure you are wearing some kind of eye protection. It does work. | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 375 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 66.217.106.92 Rating: N/A |
Yeah! Ditto JohnW! I got so much metal in my eyeballs, I can't reach for a cold beer without the refrigerator magnets sticking to my head. | ||
| George M. Todd (George_mc6)
Registered Member Username: George_mc6 Post Number: 192 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 76.168.69.233 Rating: N/A |
I like John's humor! Especially the one the other day about belts: Check the following, 1. There! Having had the same problem as Hank, and done as much or more beating on the threaded end of the ball joint, as he has, with the same result, or lack thereof, I quit for the day. The next day, while beating on it some more, Leo came by and showed me Larry's method. ONE hit with a 5 lb sledge, and it dropped out. I'm STILL mad, and that was at least 5 years ago! Good luck, George |
