My God Damn Audi

[jrock]

I have been trying to get the tie rod ends out of the control arms for about 5 hours now atleast. Can anyone please tell me how the fuck to get it out. I am so close to getting rid of this pos if i cant get both of these bitches out! Please help.

[jrock]

anybody? i even took both of the fenders off

[jrock]

12 hits and no replies

[kurtakadirt]

I would suggest go buying a Haynes Manual, they walk you right through it.

[jrock]

got one i just cant get the part out that holds it into the control arm.

[bronz]

ever heard of the tool that you turn and it pops the thing out of the place in about 4 seconds?

[kurtakadirt]

Are the bolts corroded and have alot of build up on them? If so go buy some liquid wrench(like WD40) and spray it and let it sit over night and then try it. Worst case gring off the bolts and replae them. What exactly is the problem, can't losen the bolts or ????

[biketsai]

PB blasterrr

[jrock]

no i havent heard of that tool. If you know something i do let me know. otherwise i am going to get a big ass saw tomorrow and cut the bitch off. Any body know what could cut through it?

My problem is that the part of the tie rod that sticks up into the control arm will not come out. I have beat it with a hammer for hours, pried it, lifted the suspension and countless other techniques that arent doing shit. I have been able to push it out by about a quarter of an inch but the other inch wont come out.

[jrock]

i have used half a can of pb blaster already

[kurtakadirt]

What I would recommend would buy some liquid wrench spray and let it sit for a few hours and also buy a pickel fork (like a chisel) and it should come loose.

[jrock]

ok well worst case scenario. What can cut through the tie rod?

[GetAwayFromMe]

Did you take both of the bolts out. There is a top bolt and a side bolt. I had no problem what so ever taking my out i just hit it with a hammer a couple times and it was out now the pinch bolt was a different story.

[audiness]

http://www.mycarbl0ws.com/audi_b5/Su...el%20Steering/

[LowSantorin]

PB Blaster!!!!

[NeubsA4]

pickelfork will do it, you can even rent one from autozone

[mnsirtee]

taking the tie rod off the control arms was easy for me but removing it from the steering side was hard. try using a blow torch on that area and hammer it out. the tool is call a ball joint remover, you can rent it at autozone.

[t1demont1]

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel29.shtml read over it, make sure you didnt miss any steps. the way I did i was afer it was all loose, i stuck a 10mm allen wrench in he top and hit that with a hammer, of course after it soaked in PB Blaster.

[Don Supreme]

Burn them.

[ChescoS6]

I had mine done about 2 years ago at the dealer. They had to use a torch to heat it up. In the process they melted the insides of the connected piece and had to replace it. In the end they had to cut it off.

[Tiluleshpingen]

i think there is a special tool for the tie rods, but also u would need an air gun :/..

[bloodstar57]

Put back in the bottom through bolt. Line up the groove on the shaft so the bolt will go back in. Once the bolt is in proceed to remove the top bolt as the shaft will no longer turn inside the hole.

[Nebone]

I just replaced both my tie rod ends few weeks ago. The D shaped head bolt was a real pain on both sides.

My and my buddy spent about an hour on the first one. Tried PB Blaster at first for some time and banged on it. Torched it with a Oxygen/acetylene torch and still no movement. Used an air hammer on it and no results.

Last thing we did which worked was get a BIGGEST axe we could find and seriously whacked the ish out of it till it broke loose.

You really have to soak it first.

[bloodstar57]

Maybe we are talking about different things but i got mine off very easy with my method

[jrock]

Thanks guys. It was an easy fix after heading to autozone and getting the tie rod remover tool. People should really think about adding this tool into the sticky's cuz it took me about 30 seconds with it and i had it out. This would have been nice to knkow before hand but thanks guys preciate the help. Now we will find out if the outers are seized to the inners or not. Yay!

[quattro16]

Or just go to the gym and buy a bigger hammer!

[audiness]

what does the tool look like?

[Nebone]

I guess he had a problem with the ball joint and not the pinch bolt. Like i noted above, pinch bolt absolutely sucked ballz and the ball joint slipped like "i can't believe its not" butter.

He must have used one of these tools here. Probably the fork ones.

[jrock]

No i used one that looks like the top left one. It worked wonders and i got my drvier side tie rod done. Then i move to my other side and pop the rod from the control arm easy. Then i start trying to unthread it from the inner tie rod and come to find out it is seized up. After a crap load of swearing, pb blaster, and a trip to home depot to get a blow torch and two days of one hell of a project, i have now decided to just take it to get it done prfessionally. Screw this DIY. Sorry to say it but i gotta. Thanks for everyones help tho.

[AudiRepair4Less]

do u have any pictures that i can see? I normally take the large nut all the way out towards the end of the tierod. Then i use a 18 Crows foot that looks like a Line wrench at the end(meaning not open ended) 3/8 more likely, then use a 3/8 wobble 1 inch extension, then with a 3/8 to 1/2 adapter, going to a 1/2 inch extension thats at least 2 feet long. and useing a 1/2 breaker bar...... turn it back and forth till tierod end comes lose........ o and by the way install the tierod back into the spindle...... pm me ur email address and i'll send you a good picture of how to do it..... im a Audi master guild technicain from California.....at you service...:)

[Lazer Viking]

i cant imagine having this much problem with it.. that D headed bolt does suck, took me like a half hour
i put the top bolt back in, and turned the whole joint so the slot line up again, and it came out pretty easy

[jrock]

New update is that it is at big o tires. They tried for hours to get it out and decided that it just wasn't happening. So im getting a new inner tie rod on the passenger side and getting the alignment done while im at it.