Simple wheel drive puller

EvanH · Post by **EvanH** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:18 pm

I tried my small Highlift jack to pull the wheel drives. It turned out to be very easy, I didn't get the feeling that I was causing undue stress to anything.

I pound a large chisel into the slot on the inner/lower side to open things up and reduce the friction. Much easier than the factory solution.

Now all I need to come up with is a puller for the tie rods. The design of the factory part is fairly unique, the design makes getting a gear puller in there difficult and I have not come up with any clever and non-destructive substitutes.

-Evan

undysworld · Post by **undysworld** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:44 am

Evan,

I just picked up a tie rod tool made by OTC. It was $75-ish, which seemed kinda steep. But since I bought it I use it for all tie rod removals. It worked like a charm. It's nearly the same as the Steyr tool, from what I can determine.

Paul

EvanH · Post by **EvanH** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:11 am

Paul,

Is this the tool:

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDispl ... up=OTC6297

I was just thinking it would be a help to have a list published somewhere of off-the-shelf tools that substitute for the specialized Pinz tools.

-Evan

undysworld · Post by **undysworld** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:23 am

OUCH!

Yep. That's the one. But (cough, cough) it looks like I got raped on the price!

This worked great on both the outer and inner track rod ends. It didn't destroy the rubber boot. Nice tool.