Re: Tie rod problem

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <scirocco@bork.hampshire.edu>]

Great trick for this - pound really hard on the knuckle, not the tie rod
end. Heavy hammer. Works for me every time, and never screws up the
tie-rod end. This piece of wisdom was passed on to me by Chris from
Autoboahn Motors of NH. See, I did get something from working there : )
	-Josiah

'87 GLi
'84 GTi
http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Mark Mages wrote:

> >From the factory, the drivers side tie-rod is
> non-adjustable.
> If you are replacing the tie rod, you don't
> necessarily need a puller.  Just pound it out of the
> knuckle with a hammer.  You only need a puller if you
> plan on re-using the tie-rod (threads)
> 
> Your other MKI probably had one or both tie rods
> replaced at some time.
> 


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