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removing dragelink

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removing dragelink

Post by stool »

Gady Im having a BIt#h of a time getting the drage link nut off

How do you stop the little axel from spining when trying to remove the nut??????? PLESE HELP
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Post by Daisy »

not easy.

two ways of doin it..

i jammed a vice grip inside the bush and gripped the drag link bolt from inside. and undid the nut from above and threw away my drag link and bought a new one which had adjustable ends and removable tie rod ends

2nd way.. try a pice of sheet metal 10x10x10 and use the grinder to cut to the centre and push it in above/below the bush so you can jam a screwdriver/vice grip inside it without damagin the bush and using leverage to prevent the top nut from turning.

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Post by stool »

It just spins and spins

ive had the bottle jack putting pressure on it and heaps of wd40

Im giving up for the day mabe ile try some heat tomoro but dam its loose ???

next step grinder
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Post by china »

its got an "interfirance taper", u need to take the load off the tread by tap'n the tierod end towards it , if thats what u mean?
did u hurt it on sunday?
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Post by J Top »

Large crowbar pushing the draglink firmly into it's taper,
rattlegun on the nut whilst keeping the pressure on the taper.
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Post by bazzle »

Put a jack etc under bottom of tie rod end to force taper in tighter. Do nut UP. Clean threads with a small file. With jack still in place undo.

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Post by stool »

Thanks for the pointers im just about to have another go at it
So ile let you all know what happends

And sunday after we left you Daz when we hit the tar after airing up
we had big wheel wobbles

combo of Bent tie rod which was done 6months ago and flogged out tie rod ends

And broken spring on the steering shooky done 2 weeks ago
all conbined for a nasty ride home at 110kph
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Post by stool »

Tie rod is now fixed and replaced with my old one which was stronger anyway

Bottle jack + big shifter for leverage to twist tie rod to the side than smaller shifter to undo the nut AND A TIN OF WD40 over two days
of soaking
Thanks for all the info
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wobles

Post by china »

so it wasn't ya wheel nuts giv'n u the wobbles ? hehe
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Post by stool »

You were lucky not to lose a peed
NOTE TO SELF
Less than finger tight wheel nut`s will make a jack hammer sound
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