gman6262

Just spent a week fighting some badly rusted tie rod ends. Copious amounts of PB Blaster and heat were ineffective, so I ended up replacing the entire tie rod assembly. Schwaben makes an inner tie rod tool that worked surprisingly well - allows you to remove the inner tie rod without having the rack extended too far unsupported when breaking the torque to remove the tie rod. It also ratchets very well. In order to fit the tool, I needed to cut the tie rod in half. I had one bad tie rod end that was clunking pretty badly, glad I caught it, and ended up replacing both sides so that the wheel alignment should be pretty easy.

scottalexander

What did you use to cut the shaft ?

maxcbrdriver

Looks like he used a reciprocating saw.

gman6262

Yeah - cordless reciprocating saw with a metal blade, cuts pretty easy, the tie rod ends are just made from mild steel.