tie rod end install question...how hard? 1-10
12-26-2005, 08:37 PM
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Audis are known to need tie rod ends, common on B3/CQ/B4s...
...one of mine came off on the '95 with no problem, the other I used a gear puller to pop it out...
12-26-2005, 09:05 PM
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My I have alot of luck with the heat up then throw some water on it....
the rapid change from hot to cold seems to "break" the hold of the rust.
I also once could not get a tie rod off and my budy came over and said "use a candle" I looked at him like he was crazy...got a candle, heated up tie rod...melted some candle into where the threads thread into tie rod...and it screwed off...I was impresed.
I also once could not get a tie rod off and my budy came over and said "use a candle" I looked at him like he was crazy...got a candle, heated up tie rod...melted some candle into where the threads thread into tie rod...and it screwed off...I was impresed.
