Well, i do. I have bent my tie rod pulling tool a few times on it, i gave up trying to save it, so i started beating on it with an 8 lb sledge, but still, it wont budge? Any ideas? I just need to keep the steering arm. Oh, and also, for whatever reason, my sawzall doesent want to saw through it :confused:

Garrett

Apply some heat, via an Oxy/Actl torch, to the arm and gently tap out your stubborn drag link.

Originally posted by Magoo
Apply some heat, via an Oxy/Actl torch, to the arm and gently tap out your stubborn drag link.

bingo, that will do it for ya. Do you have the steering arm off?? If you don't have a torch, throwing it in the oven and heating it up to 300 or 400 degrees will work too.

I just use my air hammer, with a hardened tie rod fork on it.
:flipoff2:

Those soft metal "hammer on type" ones are crap.

And the pullers are junk too unless you get a $$$ one IMO.

MJ

Originally posted by Magoo
Apply some heat, via an Oxy/Actl torch, to the arm and gently tap out your stubborn drag link.

I have a chunck on my knuckle missing from doing this. I beat on it till my arms were numb, got out the torch heated it up and then when to give it a good swing and it came off with NO EFFORT at all. Gotta remember that for next time heat before hitting! :D

Remember to grease your new one a little more often :idea: :flipoff2: I havent ever had any trouble with mine :D

I usually get mine out but putting a puller on it, tensioning it, getting out of its predicted flight path :D , and giving a few sharp raps with a 2# hammer on the side of the eye/hole. this somewhat deforms the hole temporarily, sending the puller flying, and the draglink pin out of its conical hole... If that doesn't work you can alway apply heat. I did need to do that to separate a steering gear and a pitman arm once..

I do the same as rdv, the key being to get out of where it's going or to leave the castle nut on by a thread or two. then load up the puller and hit the side of the arm. has worked every time.

at first I broke a puller cause I thought it was just supposed to pop the thing right out. sometimes it does but not always. now I just get it good and tight and hit it with a hammer and it flies out. works good on junkyard pitmans.

- jack

this is what i do, and it always works in the rusty midwest:

load up the fitting with either a pickle-fork (i use the air-chisle kind) or a puller. then, take 2 hammers of similar size and hit opposite sides of the arm (or knuckle if ball joints) at the same time. you'll get a feel for it...it will sort of have a funny "ring" type thud when you hit both sides at the exact same time. alternate between hammering and hitting the pickle-fork (or turning the puller). usually, they pop off in after a few cycles.

matt

Sorta like installing/removing stud bolts. Should break free.

Originally posted by Maine Jeepah


And the pullers are junk too unless you get a $$$ one IMO.




You can say that again.. I tried using the powerbuilt ones that kragen lets you borrow and broke two of them, and that wasn't even with the air hooked up yet.