Track rod ends!

  1. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
    #1
    Taking the struts off my car coz im lowering it.. anyway Ive got the nuts of the track rod ends but they wont come off? am I missing something or are they just seized? tried tapping them out with a hammer but didnt want to damage the threads thought id ask 1st. thanks in advance
  2. Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 1016
    #2
    Put a nut back on so that it uses all the threads of the nut but so tye track rod thread isnt extruding out the otherside of the nut. Give the nut thats threaded on the track rod a heavy hit. Once its loose, undo the nut and push the track rod out.
  3. Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Swindon Posts: 358 Mk1 black VTR16V. Civic Vtec. YZF R6'10.
    #3
    I always hit the side of the strut. the ring around the trackrod end where it meets the strut if you know what i mean and the nut has to be off for that. max
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #4
    as pepsi says, never hit the threads,it'll bugger them, a sharp whack on the side of the arm that the track rod end tapers into is whats needed
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 127
    #5
    as mandy and pepsi said leather the ring to shock it. if that dosent work use two hammers and hold one against the back of the ring and use the other one to hit the front of the ing if you get what i mean. always works.
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
    #6
    Alright cheers for the replies will give it a good go tommorrow, could'nt really do much tonight once it started going dark!
  7. Newbie Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 9
    #7
    Angle grinder used on mine and new rod ends with plenty of copper grease to help next time it comes apart!