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Subject:Re: Tie Rod Outer Ball Joint R&R Questions (searched)
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:03:24 -0500
At 01:35 PM 3/8/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>Tuba-dude, you need to heat them cherry with your oxy-acetylene torch and
>it'll spin off for you very nicely.

But of course you'll need a new nut at that point since you'll have
destroyed the temper.  I always make sure to destroy things like that
that I've overheated, so they don't sneak back into use somehow.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"