<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Too shaky tie rod on left side is easy to get to by just taking the tire off. And the tie rod end at the wheel end can be relatively easy to tap out (with a nut protecting the threads) with a hammer.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">But, the rod end on the inside, attached at the steering linkage metal, doesn't want to come out of its hole. There isn't enough room to give it a good whack with a hammer. It's that end that's worn and wobbly.<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;
font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Is this generally a case where one has to take out the gas tank to do the deed? You don't want to use heat with it all being just inches below the gas tank.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> Are there tricks to do this without removing the gas tank? <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">My tank is, unfortunately, filled to the top.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">If there's some expensive special puller tool...well...I'll try to borrow one, or wait til the gas
tank gets more manageable.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Bentley makes it look like changing a light bulb...but it ain't.<br></div></div></body></html>