I am in the process. I first tried to drill out the piece on the end of the
ball that holds it to the arm just like you would a rivet. However, there
is a significant amount of metal peened at the end to hold it in the arm and
I could not (at first) press it out. I eventually used a very small
grinding wheel in a dremel tool to remove the metal and it came out
(relatively) easily. The trick is to remove only the metal from the pin of
the ball and not the metal of the arm attached to the spindle.
Paul
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From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of William Schickling
Have any of you switched from the ball & socket type tie rod end to the
modern equivalent for your tie rods? Do you have to ream out the steering
arms to accept the new tapered shaft on the tie rods?
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