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47p2 Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru Posts: 8048 |
Is it a left hand thread? |
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4th Jun 2012 5:15pm |
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Andy3681 Member Since: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Newcastle under lyme/ Le Dorat Haute Vienne Posts: 912 |
Mine was a nightmare Robert
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4th Jun 2012 5:47pm |
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ambulancekidd Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Ayrshire Scotland Posts: 276 |
I have checked & its not a left hand thread. It is still stubbornly refusing to budge, so it'll be off to the local independant garage later this week. I'd just love to get the tosser who tightened the nuts on this car, the suspension has given similar trouble & even the brake caliper bolts wouldn't budge. I've never come across a car that was so difficult to work on & its not the cars fault.
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4th Jun 2012 11:14pm |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 |
Tried tightening it at all to help break the metal lock??
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5th Jun 2012 12:05am |
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47p2 Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru Posts: 8048 |
Might be easier replacing both inner and outer track rod ends |
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5th Jun 2012 8:34am |
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tomthevet Member Since: 14 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 283 |
Maybe its the times the cars go off road but I couldnt agree more, It took me about an hour with an impact wrench to undo the caliper bolts on mine to change the pads and even longer with lots of WD40 and swearing to undo the lower hub ball joint. So much rust for a 7 year old car and not a washer or any copper grease in sight. I think if I ever bought one new (highly unlikely unless build quality has improved somewhat!) I would dismantle everything brake and suspension related, grease up and re assemble. |
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5th Jun 2012 10:22am |
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nicedayforit Member Since: 11 Jun 2011 Location: Beside the Solway Posts: 3955 |
I've done that with every car I've owned.
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5th Jun 2012 11:24am |
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ambulancekidd Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Ayrshire Scotland Posts: 276 |
I'm a firm advocate of copperslip & buy the stuff by the gallon, I simply cannot understand the thinking of the people who put these things together with no copperslip added, it takes a few seconds & saves an awful lot of grief in the future.
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5th Jun 2012 2:40pm |
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nicedayforit Member Since: 11 Jun 2011 Location: Beside the Solway Posts: 3955 |
Is it not possible to let the weight of the car undo the offending nut for you.
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5th Jun 2012 3:27pm |
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ambulancekidd Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Ayrshire Scotland Posts: 276 |
I tried using the jack trick with a spanner in place but it was obvious that the spanner was just going to slip & leave me with even more problems. I didn't try it with stilsons though. Food for thought.
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5th Jun 2012 7:27pm |
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Andy3681 Member Since: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Newcastle under lyme/ Le Dorat Haute Vienne Posts: 912 |
Stilsons is how I bent my inner track rod. Cut clip on inner (wider) end of gater and pull towards track rod end you will see a large nut at the steering rack end with the inner tracked coming from the centre of it. Unscrew from rack it should come easily. Put both the lot in a vice etc to work on, but like I said earlier mine still would not come so replaced both. Will replace both on otherwise when it needs doing. If you do get it undone just replace clip on gater with a cable tie, mine has been fine since and passed its. MOT like that Mine was a blue one! |
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5th Jun 2012 7:55pm |
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ambulancekidd Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Ayrshire Scotland Posts: 276 |
I think I'll be taking your advice Andy, I've just gotta wrestle the car away from SWMO & I'll get started to it again. I like the idea of on the bench & not upside down under the car. Regards...Robert. The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often! When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings. |
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6th Jun 2012 12:43am |
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Andy3681 Member Since: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Newcastle under lyme/ Le Dorat Haute Vienne Posts: 912 |
It's how the garage did mine after I it up. They could not undo it in the vice so like I said replaced the lot
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6th Jun 2012 7:42am |
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Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 04 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16188 |
I have a set of stilsons that are a meter long!!! Purchased from a cheepy market stall and boy are they good at track rod ends...
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6th Jun 2012 8:21am |
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