Track Rod/Steering Center Link Removal

[graymustang]

First, thanks for the responses on my other post concerning sway bar bushing removal. 

 

Trying to remove tie rods and track rod, two castle nuts are in a hard place and hard to remove. Any suggestions on the best way to remove them. It’s too cramped to get a rachet to fit, and getting a wrench in there is hard. 

[dlacey]

turn the steering to maximise space to swing your wrench

[percy]

10 hours ago, graymustang said:

Trying to remove tie rods and track rod, two castle nuts are in a hard place and hard to remove. Any suggestions on the best way to remove them. It’s too cramped to get a rachet to fit, and getting a wrench in there is hard. 

 

It's been said that there are many ways to skin a cat and probably just as many ways to remove a fastener.  Not only can you move the steering linkage for better access, per dlacey, but not difficult to attack the problem from above with suitable extensions and maybe even a flex joint or two.

 

And then there are crows feet .  .  . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2019 by percy

[72pdx02]

Getting the nut off is the easy part. Wait til you try to separate it. Do you have a pickle fork?

['76mintgrün'02]

When it comes time to take the joints apart I like this type of tool.

(put the nut on the end of the threads to protect them)