Pickle fork will do, but it mangles the rubber boots, but if you have
new ones who cares.

A puller is better, "borrow" this set of tools from your local
Kragen/Autozone/Canadian Tire if they have free loaner tools.  This
set is good for all kinds of front end stuff:

http://tinyurl.com/2zybcy

>Thanks for the info.  Can the outer tie rod ends be knocked out with
>a hammer or pickle fork?  Or do I need some kind of special puller?
>I have new tie rod ends to go with the new (rebuilt) rack.