Rear Tierod nuts

[John Larson]

That works, too.  John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Evans" <matt at mattevans.org>
To: "'John Larson'" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; <kneale at coslink.net>; 
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: Rear Tierod nuts


> What I found works on tie-rod nuts is to put a ball joint puller (the 2 
> arm
> "claw" with the threaded center rod) on the _other_ side of the rod end..
> i.e. when you tighten the tool it pushes on the back of the ball joint. 
> If
> you do this you create enough frictino between the ball joint and its
> carrier that you can then unscrew the nut without the shaft/ball assembly
> spinning.
>
>