Presuming I understand your problem, I offer this work around. Jack up and support the front of car, remove wheel for access [if memory serves, rod end that came apart was RH?]
Turn steering wheel to the extreme travel limit to the broken side. then push the rubber boot back along the tie rod to collapse it as much as possible, secure it in place with a tie wrap around the tie rod to keep it from extending on its own. [you may need to insert a small screwdriver at the rod end of the boot and spray some lube on the rubber to get it to slide back] Having gained as much distance from the area to be heated as possible, find a piece of sheet metal [anything handy will do] and make a heat shield of it by cutting a slot that will slide over the tie rod, think the top of a gallon coffee can with a slot cut in it. Then... heat the offending, rusted, locked on tie rod end with a torch to break the rust bond and remove it. As much as possible, keep the torch flame directed away from the rubber boot. Good luck ! On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:44 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Back in the day of Rusty, it was reasonable to buy the whole tie rod with > ends already installed. I did that for W115 and W107 cars ... > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The rod end is rusted onto the tie rod and won't unscrew, at least not > > to the holding power of a 15mm open end wrench on the rod, or a 10" vice > > grip. My baby pipe wrench, with jaws thin enough to put on the little > > bit of rod that's exposed, had less grip than the vice grips. > > > > I can try heating it, but the rubber bellows over the inner rod end puts > > a limit on that. > > > > Any brilliant ideas for getting the rod end off the rod? > > As I was typing this, I wondered if the wrench flats were wide enough > > for two 15mm open ends. > > Will try that next, along with a bit of heat. > > Wish I had some Kroil handy instead of this Liquid Wrench I soaked it in > > yesterday. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
