I'm reminded of a trick a repairman showed me to remove a stuck
mouthpiece from a trumpet.

The receiver on trumpet and MP shank are a Morse taper. You carefully
tap on the receiver working your way from narrow end out which ever so
slightly expands the receiver. This being one technique in expanding a
cone when manufacturing.

Seems to me the same principal might apply to a tapered part on a
Vanagon front end. IF so, would it help to start at the narrowest and
end and work your way "outward"?

Likely totally hard to do given room restrictions, etc., but just a thought.

Neil.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
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>
> 1st method.....
> here's how you get any tapered 'tie rod end' ...
> or ball joint out of what it's stuck in.
>
> i'll just talk about the tie rod end to illustrate ..
> for one of those ........it's in the 'spindle arm' ...
> you get a pretty serious ball been hammer ..
> I like a slightly shortened handle for more control...
> and you what that spindle arm straight on the end , hard ..
> being careful not to hit the wrong thing ...don't want to damage threads on
> anything etc.
>
> of the 10th to 30th very hard sharp whack the tapered part will jump out.
> Check now and then ...it might loosen but not actually jump out.

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