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Osage_Orange 
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 Topic: WD45 WFE tie rods?
Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 5:18pm |
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Are the connections between tie rods and steering arms (at wheels & center of tractor) a taper fit? I'd like to remove mine so they can be broken free for WFE width adjustment and prefer not to damage the rubber boots with a tie rod/ball joint fork. If they are a taper fit, has anyone here made a puller to separate them without damaging the boots?
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Tony.Or
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 5:31pm |
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Yes !! Taper fit . Tony
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Dans 7080
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 5:31pm |
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I've always had good luck smacking the outside the tierod with a big hammer, usually the end will just fall out.
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TOMIA
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 5:35pm |
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I find a bolt the same size and thread as the tie rod end. Unscrew the nut on the tie rod about half way and screw the bolt in from the other end and pound away on the bolt. It saves the tie rod end from getting bugered up and doesn't mess up the nut.
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Osage_Orange
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 6:12pm |
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Thanks fellas. I'll try the hammer approach. I think if I just disconnect one end, the outer sleeve can be freed up with a pipe wrench. Getting the eccentrics broken free on the rear wheels was a real chore. I must be the only one in SW MO with any tools...........everything I bring home appears to never have been maintained or repaired.
Edited by Osage_Orange - 15 Nov 2010 at 6:14pm
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Brian G. NY
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 10:22pm |
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After loosening the nut; place a heavy hammer on one side of the steering arm and wack the other side with another heavy hammer; will pop right out. Using the two hammer method is more effective than using one hammer.
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Posted: 17 Nov 2010 at 7:22pm |
The tie rods came out of the steering arms easily using the two hammer method. Removing the inner rods from the outer sleeves.........took a lot of heat and twisting with a pipe wrench. But, now the WFE is set at the width I want, so, hopefully, that is just about the last "ugly" job on this new (to me) 45.
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