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[ChiXterra]

I read a thread that made it sound so easy to replace the TRE's/TRA's. Well, I need to replace mine in order to spare myself some time for my SAS. No problem, right? Well, I can't get the jam nuts to move. I even took the torch to them. PB Blast has already been used as well. So, anyone have any splendid ideas?

 

[idratherbe]

I replaced mine as a whole assembly. Took off inner and outer with the adjuster as one piece and replaced them with new inner, outer, and AC HD adjuster. My old ones were still OK so I kept them whole for emergency spares.

 

[Silver dude]

Remove the tierod assembly. Put it in a vise or on a anvil. Use a bfh and smack the nuts really hard. Sometimes the blunt impact will jar loose the corrosion within the nut. Freeing the nut so it can be removed. Otherwise, the stock adjusters don't cost much of anything at the autoparts store. Also, remember to look at the way the threads go. Make sure your actually loosening and not tightening. One end of the adjuster is right hand thread and the other is left hand thread so make sure you take note.

 

[ChiXterra]

Ok, good. I am going to take the whole assembly off. Any good ways of getting the actual end out of the hole? Pickle fork, bearing puller...etc.?

 

[idratherbe]

With all the issues I had with my BJ's I was surprised how easy the studs popped out with a few smacks with a hammer.

 

[ChiXterra]

With all the issues I had with my BJ's I was surprised how easy the studs popped out with a few smacks with a hammer.

I already smacked mine, and that didn't do anything. I'll try some more after work today.

 

[Silver dude]

Yeah pry up on them with a bar. While smacking the area where the pin sits. Hit the knuckle or centerlink not the actual tierod. Trying to cause reverberation in the metal surrounding the taper. Vibrating it loose. Takes a super hard SLAM! If it's the knuckle side you can fit a two jaw puller on the underside and pop it off.

Something like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX7GVWcB-bg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[granitex]

Rod end presses are the easiest, followed by a pickle fork in an air hammer, with a manual pickle fork last.

 

[ChiXterra]

The ole' fashioned hammer worked this afternoon. I sprayed PB blast all over them last night, and they came right out. While I was in there, I also replaced the bushings in the idler arm with some from Bandit 4x4. My giant C-clamp was my friend this afternoon; it and a piece of wood helped me press in the bushings and the idler arm shaft.