Re: [DMCForum] TIE ROD ENDS

["Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

uh, walt?

what are you talking about?  You realize that things you type here others
can see?

Plus, a 10 pounds sledge?  what a weenie hammer, I don't think I've ever
seen such a thing.

Jim

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:02:19 -0400 "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Beating the topic into the ground:
> I tried a pickle fork to remove tie-rod ends and chickened out 
> because it
> looked like it might damage the ball socket.  For now I'm happy with
> the hammer approach.  What I actually used was a 10 pound sledge 
> under the
> arm held on with my knee while I smacked the top with a hammer.  I 
> would
> never try it without a weight like this backing it up.  I figured 
> this one
> out from a physics class.  We hung a weight from a string and then 
> tied more
> string onto the bottom of the weight.  If you jerked the bottom 
> string then
> it would always break.  But if you pulled the string slowly then the 
> top
> string would always break.  Ergo, an extra 10 pounds under the 
> steering arm
> gives it enough inertia to prevent damage.
> 
> (Don't worry Mike, I'm bringing the pickle fork.  I don't think 
> Southwest
> Airlines would be happy if I brought my 10lb sledge as carry-on 
> luggage.)
> 
> As a side note, I have had a hard time finding a suitable spring 
> compressor
> for removing/replacing front springs on a DeLorean.  Nothing I could 
> buy or
> rent would fit well.  I posted several times on the internet asking 
> what
> people use, but no one could give me a manufacture or part number.  
> The
> latest contraption I bought is a Snap-On model WA 92.  I haven't 
> tried it
> yet, but it looks very promising.
> 
> Walt
> 
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