Stag steering rack gaitors

Unless you intend replacing the balljoint, use a scissor type as the fork types pretty much always split the rubbers. No special tool for splitting the track rod end needed. You may need to use your balljoint seperator if it's extremely stuck.

Get a scissors type one - they are the best. The trackrod end (TRE) will have to be removed. Unless it's rusted on no special tools are needed to remove it - just spanners.

The first thing to do before separating the joint is to mark the top of the track rod with tippex etc and loosen the TRE lock nut. If the track rod has turned, return it to the original position with mole grips etc using your mark. Now separate the joint, stop the trackrod turning and count the number of turns needed to unscrew the TRE so it can be put back as near the same as possible - but have the toe-in checked afterwards anyway. If the TRE is seized on the rod, heat the TRE with a blowlamp.

Care to explain what you mean? ;-)

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I know we're not supposed to nitpick spelling, but I do hope you mean gaiters. If not, you'd better get them fixed snappy.

Have you never used a balljoint splitter on a track rod end that's seized and won't come out?

Strange man.

I always use a puller to break the taper. But you covered this in your first part. TREs often seize on the track rod thread and it looked like you were referring to this.

Try reading your post again. You split the ball joint taper and that does need a special tool. It unscrews from the track rod and that - if you're lucky - just needs spanners.

'gators.

HTH

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Sod it. I'm going back to my paving slabs.

Crawl underneath them?

The message from "Dave Plowman (News)" contains these words:

No, taking them from where they're leaning against the swing and put them where they belong on the patio.

Sunburn yesterday, rained on today.

Rain? It's lovely here :-)

Chris

No rain here Thursday. And the sun's shining again today.

I've been doing what I class as gardening. Pulling out what I think is weeds and replacing them with things from the garden centre which I'll think are weeds in a few months time. Should really stick to cars. More easy to identify components. ;-)

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I'm not sure which I prefer. I got burned on Wednesday but today since it's rained it's all sweaty out there, despite being rather cooler. And soggy to kneel on.

The message from "Dave Plowman (News)" contains these words:

Not a patch on the wife's idea of gardening. She asked what she ought to do about the front garden so I said "Pull up everything unless it looks big and imposing".

I came home to a bare patch adorned with a specemin quality thistle and the same standard of dandylion.