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help needed- tie rod end pin spinning

Post by ash_on_mtb »

I've had the steering box out of 'runner (non PS) to "reco" it for RWC, gone to do up the tie rod end of the panhard rod, and the pin that runs into the rod end is spinning before its tight enough to get the split pin in... How do I hold it to get a couple more turns out of it?? I can't get at the top of it, and by pushing the rubber seal thing up, I can't grip the shaft...

any ideas? Are they even supposed to turn?? Can you access the top of the pin??

thanks for your help, I have a vision of the nut unwinding without the split pin.. and I need to use it tommorrow. :?
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Post by TUFF MAV »

Try using a bar to lever the tierod up into the taper while you do the nut up.

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Post by TUFF MAV »

Try using a bar to lever the tierod up into the taper while you do the nut up.

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Post by Rhett »

clamp it down somehow. If you ably lotsa pressure pushing the pin into the tappered hole it should grip.
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Post by chops »

buzz it down with a rattle gun..usually works
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Post by ash_on_mtb »

cheers folks, took a mattock to get it out, off to the shed to find something big and ugly to put it back in with :D
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Post by ash_on_mtb »

and buggger me if it wasn't the mattock that got it back in!! Levered it up using the mattock, which squashed it all together and its all good.

Thanks for helping me out of a pinch. :armsup:
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Post by BundyRumandCoke »

I know its done, but use a floor jack to jack it up into the taper.
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Post by jeep97tj »

Hahaha mattocks are very handy, I used 1 between my diff and steering rod to straighten it, worked a treat :cool:
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Post by G_loomis »

BundyRumandCoke wrote:I know its done, but use a floor jack to jack it up into the taper.
as Meatloaf once said "you took the words right out of my mouth"...

please note I left the kissing part out! :cool: dont go there!
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