Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

I have a set of stilsons that are a meter long!!! Purchased from a cheepy market stall and boy are they good at track rod ends...

Not found one stubborn enough yet!!!


Craig

I'm off to our local sunday market to see if I can pick up a set of those, sounds the business Craig.
 The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often!
When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings.

Craig

so how many thumbs have you got then craig...  ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Enough to keep bashing with hammers each week Stan


Craig

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Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

Enough to keep bashing with hammers each week Stan


Craig

 The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often!
When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings.

The tale goes on. Today I put the Range Rover into the barn, up onto ramps & took stilsons (cheers for the idea Craig) along with a length of pipe for leverage to the stubborn track rod end nut, hey presto with some brute force & ignorance it moved. So I worked it back & forth til it would move with ease, Now feeling quite pleased with myself I took the nut off the top of the track rod end & put the ball joint splitter to work. It took a bit of effort but it came off with a resounding crack, woohoo I'm on a roll. I knocked the retaining ring off at the inner end, easy peasy. Just loosen off the track rod end itself & I'm home & dry. The car had other idea's, would the track rod end move? Not a chance matey. I tried everything I could think of including much gnashing of teeth with weeping & wailing before giving up.
Its all back together now & it'll certainly go down to the workshop. The normal mechanic has been on holiday & is back next week. He car swear at it til his hearts content.
Are all of these cars so stubborn to work on or have I just been unlucky?
Disgruntled Robert. The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often!
When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings.

Sorry Robert you were just ticking the nut not got to the rod end yet!!!!
If the nut was that tight you have no chance with the rod end
My lock nut undid first time with a normal spanner so i thought I was on a roll to, better mail Dan for the new bits you will be needing! Mine was a blue one!

My lock nut undid first time with a normal spanner so i thought I was on a roll to, better mail Dan for the new bits you will be needing!

Me thinks your right. It'd save a lot of trouble, I'll go with your advice & do both sides too mate.
Robert. The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often!
When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings.