- Apr 23, 2012
- 45
I've had a set of tie rods getting acclimated to my garage for probably about a year. Now that I am fully confident that they have adjusted to their new environment, I think they're finally ready to be installed. That, and I noticed my wheels had an excessive amount of play in the outer TREs while I had them off the ground recently.
The problem I'm having, and the reason I didn't change them long ago, is that I can't get the jam nut loosened on the other TREs. I suspect this could have something to do with firestone torching the nut to adjust it for an alignment and then tightening it back up while still hot. Regardless of what happened, the outers are not going to be coming out of the inners.
The obvious route to me is to try and take the inners off with the outer still attached. Theoretically, that should be simple enough if I can get some sort of tool onto the flats on the inner and then get some sort of leverage on that tool. Any suggestions for the best tool? Open end wrench? Pipe wrench? Roadie-approved vice grips?
The problem I'm having, and the reason I didn't change them long ago, is that I can't get the jam nut loosened on the other TREs. I suspect this could have something to do with firestone torching the nut to adjust it for an alignment and then tightening it back up while still hot. Regardless of what happened, the outers are not going to be coming out of the inners.
The obvious route to me is to try and take the inners off with the outer still attached. Theoretically, that should be simple enough if I can get some sort of tool onto the flats on the inner and then get some sort of leverage on that tool. Any suggestions for the best tool? Open end wrench? Pipe wrench? Roadie-approved vice grips?