Nice destructive weekend...

[teamster1975]

Thanks for the concern

It's being a new Dad and the constant baby crying, fills you with concern for your fellow man
(Either that or the madness is setting in )

[Bailes1992]

Thanks for the concern

It's being a new Dad and the constant baby crying, fills you with concern for your fellow man
(Either that or the madness is setting in )

Forgot to comment on your baby thread... Kept meaning too...
So a very late congrates mate

[Welly]

My local tyre shop blast the hell out of these things with an Oxy/Acetylene torch until cherry red ans then get busy with the stillies - is this not an option?

[Bailes1992]

My local tyre shop blast the hell out of these things with an Oxy/Acetylene torch until cherry red ans then get busy with the stillies - is this not an option?

Theres not enough room to move a stilsons with the wishbone and ARB in place. I'm going to have to drop the subframe either way

[Welly]

Can't you ask a tyre place if they can do it, or at least 'crack it off' for you? they'll have more room up in the air??

[FarmerPug]

may i suggest a method i used for getting the valve off a pneumatic air bottle. File 2 sides down until you can get a wrench head around it. It is slow but it worked.

[Bailes1992]

may i suggest a method i used for getting the valve off a pneumatic air bottle. File 2 sides down until you can get a wrench head around it. It is slow but it worked.

I did think about it, but my Dads offered to pay for the parts if I do it all myself.
So if thats the case...
1 Refrubished steering rack.
2 sets of wishbone Polybushes,
1 set of ARB polybushes,
1 Set of ball joints,
and a set of uprated track rod ends

Oh and subframe alignment tools

[FarmerPug]

a very generous dad, you must have asked him very nicely.

[Bailes1992]

a very generous dad, you must have asked him very nicely.

Well the ball joints have to be replaced anyway. So might aswell change the ARB bushes and what not while the subframe has been dropped

[jamjar1383]

balies when the rack is still off the car id be changing the tie rod for ones that have a bolt end. just so if u have to chane them at any point thenit wont be so much of a prob.

[Bailes1992]

balies when the rack is still off the car id be changing the tie rod for ones that have a bolt end. just so if u have to chane them at any point thenit wont be so much of a prob.

Yehh if you look at one of my pictures theres a pciture of a new one which already has the nut on the end.
I don't know weather o just drop the subframe and try do it or to just buy a whole new rack considering my Dad's paying?

[jamjar1383]

balies when the rack is still off the car id be changing the tie rod for ones that have a bolt end. just so if u have to chane them at any point thenit wont be so much of a prob.

Yehh if you look at one of my pictures theres a pciture of a new one which already has the nut on the end.
I don't know weather o just drop the subframe and try do it or to just buy a whole new rack considering my Dad's paying?

weel if there's nuot wrong with the rack why bother to change it, also i asked a mate that wrok's in ford still and his way of doing it was take the bottom arm off and just use a large stilson

[lozz]

iwouid unbolt the rack and pull it all to one side and then get the inner track rod end off,
ithink if you go thru the process of lowering the subframe ect it will turn into a big mission > thats uness youve got all the tools,
engine lift etc or suport bar for the Engine even,

[Bailes1992]

Right found out they can be removed with one of these...


Thats another £30 on a tool then