I torqued it down and it stayed and then put heat on the fitting on the hub. 
After a minute of the hot wrench it rather energetically dissociated. 

Oh, this was the steering linkage not the LCAs. Same situation though. 

--FT
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> On Jun 12, 2024, at 5:11 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099WQJYM9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
> 
> I use a cheap Harbor Freight 2-jaw puller for that.  I back off the joint's 
> retaining nut,
> but leaving it there, slip on the puller, and screw it down pushing against 
> the center
> of the nut, and putting a fair amount of tension on it.  Sometimes it pops 
> loose, but
> usually does not.  Then I get out two BFH's and using one as an anvil on one 
> side
> of the joint's socket whang the other side of the socket with the second BFH. 
>  It usually
> pops loose fairly easily, using both tension and squeezy impact on the 
> tapered socket.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
> 
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