92 corona, need to replace for wof has a little play, No room to get a cresent on there, cant get io it from top after removing air box and cant get to it from the bottom, Cant even take out the lower arm as the bolt i need to take out hitsd the gearbox! FARK
jasongroves,
Mar 15, 7:01pm
Round nuts/bolts anyone!
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:06pm
Shifting spanner!
jasongroves,
Mar 15, 7:08pm
Shifting spanner = Crescent.Crescent is a brand. Crescent is used kind of like how 'lux' is used for vacuum. 'Lux' being short for Electrolux.or Hoovering in the same circumstance;)
mrfxit,
Mar 15, 7:10pm
That will get it CLOSE but will still be a little bit out even with the best of intentions & counting
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:10pm
I cant actually get a crescent in there as theres not enough room, iv heard mechanics have a special tool to get these off!
jasongroves,
Mar 15, 7:11pm
You mean spanners and sockets! Lol
petermcg,
Mar 15, 7:13pm
Is it actually the Rack you are trying to remove or is it an inner tie rod end,(or rack end)
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:13pm
na seriously any trick to get this thing out!
mrfxit,
Mar 15, 7:15pm
Yea. PULL the rack out of the car.
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:17pm
yea but thats a job and a half itself
ross117,
Mar 15, 7:20pm
send that car to a mechanic, else you will get yourself in the pooh!
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:25pm
coarsenot, the other side iv already removed the strut, cv, breaks and hub.
mrfxit,
Mar 15, 7:27pm
Bugger. but then again you're probably half way there anyway.
dasfi,
Mar 15, 7:28pm
yea thats the last thing i need to undo,so if anyone has done that before tips would be good please
petermcg,
Mar 15, 7:45pm
You might need to remove whatever is in the way, that could help, or if you remove the outer rod end if that is what you are doing Im not sure yet,, you might be able to get a spanner in there.
phillip.weston,
Mar 15, 7:48pm
there's a tool you use, it looks like a giant tube socket. most mechanical workshops should have one. Last time my car failed on a rack end I just sent it there to be replaced as they would have needed to do a wheel alignment afterwards.
movnon,
Mar 15, 8:07pm
If you have to ask you shouldnt be going there. (sorta like if you need to ask the price you cant afford it)
icemans1,
Mar 16, 1:10am
removing the engine will make it easier
ct9a,
Mar 16, 6:32am
god reading this is a laugh,we do these in aprox 20mins on the hoist
1st ive ever heard of anyone removing c/v and strutt etc
ct9a,
Mar 16, 6:32am
try a pipe wrench cowboy
rod525,
Mar 16, 6:53am
Turn the steering to which ever lock gives you more room to get to it, then measure the new and old rack ends and if they are different lengths ( which sometimes they are with aftermarket ones ) you will have to compensate with the number of turns it goes back on, then get a wheel alignment.
intrade,
Mar 16, 7:11am
there is room when you remove the rubber from the rack and turn full lock then you see that a shim is bent over the nut also to stop it come loose. you first got to open that shim ao you can turn the round thing. and it has got a flat surface at 2 spots for a spanner. I use then a big mother plumerswrench as the old joint is rooted anyhow anticlock like normal screws meaning on right handrack side= driver sidewrench movestowardsengine and upwards to loosen - lefthandis the other wayfrom engine backwards . When you fit the new part it has to be the same lenght or you got the wrong part. within a few mm the same lenght . you assemble the new part more carfully . like fit a rag on the plumers wrench or use a spanner when possibile after tightening by hand with new shim first. here ids what i use to undo old ones http://www.usinenouvelle.com/industry/img/-swedish-pipe-wrench-000051046-4.jpg once it is tight fold over the shim to lock and refit the rack-boot. possibilereplace rack boot for new one aswhen the boot fails you will need to replace and do another wheel alignment all over.
dasfi,
Mar 16, 4:09pm
cv and strut i removed from the other side of the car for another reason.
yuuhoo,
Mar 16, 4:59pm
You have to use a metric cresent.
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