Thread: Tie rod ends - how to undo?

If the tie rod end is stuck in the tube it might need to soak in a bucket of kero for a week or 2...

Otherwise try the old tricks of applying heat etc?

Heat and application of penetrating oil, repeat. Oxy can be used, but don't get it hot enough to affect the heat treatment - not hot enough to burn pain. A heat gun will probably get it hot enough. To go a step further, you could pack the tie rod end in ices (or better, dry ice) and heat only the tube.

The other treatment that may help by breaking the rust is to lay the threaded part of the tube on a flat anvil and belt it with a hammer, preferably brass or lead faced, while rotating it.

Although not much help at the moment but.........lots of Anti-sieze on re-assembly

Just has this problem with works, dare I say, LandCruiser.
Had to apply lot of heat to get them to let go.
Guess you know, one end is LH thread, the other end RH.

whitehillbilly

The three big "H"'s -Heat, Hammer, and Heave!
WRT anti sieze, watch out for some of the copper based ones. They can become a very effective glue if exposed to salt water and/or dust.

Thanks boys, I got them off !! CRC and big spanner did the trick, no heat required !!

Cheers,
John

So, finally a question on anti-seize, if copper based ones are not the go here, what's the best type to use ?

Thanks
John

I've never had any issues with Never Seize which is copper based - been using if for decades, but by the same token I've never dunked any of my vehicles into any salt water so I can't comment on that, but it survives dust no problems - I've encountered plenty of that. There are Nickel based anti seize compounds - I think Loctite do one.