What do you use to seperate a tubo Tie rod from the rack end? Is it a special tool or something, its like 24mm wide and impossibly narrow

Turbo Tie rod wrench!!

~1/4 steel laser cut into a wrench...

the usual suspects have them. a MUST HAVE... likr 40 bucks tho

hmmmmm large Water Pump Pliers

shhhhhh dont tell anyone

Fuch buying the correct tool. Spend 5 bucks on the right sized wrench and slim it down with a grinder. Better yet borrow a wrench from your neighbor instead of buying one

With all the metal cutter types on this board, I'm surprised no one is making the 914Club Turbo Tie Rod Wrench™.

QUOTE (rdauenhauer @ Sep 16 2005, 11:12 PM)

What do you use to seperate a tubo Tie rod from the rack end? Is it a special tool or something, its like 24mm wide and impossibly narrow

32mm and less than x6mm

Pipe wrench with a rag over the end.

QUOTE (TimT @ Sep 16 2005, 07:22 PM)

hmmmmm large Water Pump Pliers shhhhhh dont tell anyone

Humm....Tim's been in there also.
Tain't pretty but it works

I keep hearing that an inexpensive wrench commonly available at bicycle shops does the job.

Here is a pic from a current thread on the subject on the Pelican 914 Board.

I used a bonney wrench to install mine, but it's been so long ago I don't remember the SAE size that worked. If you can figure it out (metric-to-SAE), I'll see if I have a spare in that size you can have.

Bicycle shop should have one... 32MM is a fairly common sive for headsets

BJH

Rich, I actually have the factory tool for the job. You are welcome to it. Iam actually home for a week between the shop and the railroad, let me know. Off topic where did the lower ball joint socket end up? Larry

Holy crap Larry! Thanks for the offer and it got into the hands of Dave Hunt to relay to you. Since I was having a difficult time getting over to your side of pond. I chk with Dave Im sure its still in his possesion ....If not, I ll replace it straight away

for you guys that are, or know, 356 or early VW people, the "front spindle bearing" wrench set is 27x32mm. KD makes a cheap (but serviceable) set you can probably find on the pegboard of your local NAPA store.