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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #20 on: 27 September 2011, 18:26 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 27 September 2011, 09:10
Quote from: AudiA8Quattro on 27 September 2011, 00:20
It depends what you use to heat it up  :grin:

 :huh:

Doesn't matter whether it's heated by flame, or other means, the temperature attained will be empirically the same.

Saying it depends by how much it's heated up would actually make sense.  :wink:

Thanks for the correction  :grin:
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Offline Neo Badness

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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #21 on: 27 September 2011, 18:44 »
Quote from: Mann on 27 September 2011, 18:02
Tie rod


Nut look ruined, should stay there or has to be removed too? :huh:



That's fubarred mate, in my humble opinion. Needs replaced, euro, GSF or AVS should sort you out.  :smiley:
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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #22 on: 27 September 2011, 19:06 »
Lot of fuss about nothing significant on this thread, simply heat the locknut up, give it a good wire brushing to clean the threads, back the nut off, and undo the TRE, if it wont undo, heat it up till it does, the steering arm itself, shouldn't need heating, so any heat transfer will be insignificant, replace TRE and nut with new...

EDIT, A propane blowtorch is unlikely to work, as temps required will not be achieved, Oxy/Acetylene will do the job...

Thom
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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #23 on: 29 September 2011, 17:40 »
Quote from: thom89 on 27 September 2011, 19:06
Lot of fuss about nothing significant on this thread, simply heat the locknut up, give it a good wire brushing to clean the threads, back the nut off, and undo the TRE, if it wont undo, heat it up till it does, the steering arm itself, shouldn't need heating, so any heat transfer will be insignificant, replace TRE and nut with new...

EDIT, A propane blowtorch is unlikely to work, as temps required will not be achieved, Oxy/Acetylene will do the job...

Thom

Blow torch wasnt too bad I mange to loosen left tie rod. Haven't got room for Oxy/Acetylene yet!
But I have ruined right tie rod because I use grider too deep and destroy the treads, I try to loosen it did loose but cant take off, Time to find other manual steering then?  :cry:

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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #24 on: 30 September 2011, 16:18 »
Quote from: Mann on 29 September 2011, 17:40
I try to loosen it did loose but cant take off, Time to find other manual steering then?  :cry:

Remove the rack boot and you should find the arm unscrews from the rack.
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Re: Tie rod ends seized!
« Reply #25 on: 02 October 2011, 09:39 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 30 September 2011, 16:18
Quote from: Mann on 29 September 2011, 17:40
I try to loosen it did loose but cant take off, Time to find other manual steering then?  :cry:

Remove the rack boot and you should find the arm unscrews from the rack.

cheer mate I will check and get replacement arm.
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