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Cant get track rods off!

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I've been trying to get my track rod end off which was completely jammed. Me being stupid i ended up bending the whole track rod, any ideas on how to change this, i drive a 1995 polo 6n 1.4 8v.

thanks for any help :-)

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Jammed where?

The tie rod thread into the ball joint - or the ball joint to hub?

Dont they unscrew from the power steering rack?

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If you can get a pulley puller in there, you'd be surprised how little force is needed when it is applied in the right direction.

If there factory ones the will be super tight and locked on due to a bit being smashed over on the rack end to secure it. U can get a special tool the goes on the end of 1/2 extension and goes ove the ball end and then grips it and twist off. Or if you can get in there with good grips you can get them off but will smash knuckels for sure

Easiest way to get a ball joint off (and this is how they where designed) is to give the bit it goes into a sharp hard knock with a hammer, don't hit the actual ball joint, just the knuckle it goes into, it should pop out first time

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Thanks guys, got it off with brute force and ignorance in the end :-)

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