In a message dated Mon, 2 Sep 2002 9:55:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> Because hitting the end of the tierod with a hammer mushrooms the end with > the threads. This renders the threads useless. I want to > reuse the tierods. > > Cost of the tool is approximately $35 > Cost of a tierod end is approximaately $65 each. Actually, if you had read what I wrote, it says to hit the KNUCKLE with a hammer, NOT the tierod end. And you can prevent them from "mushrooming" but leaving the nut on the end, if you decide to do it that way. And I don't know where you're buying your tierod ends, but for $65, you're bending over pretty far. -Dave '91 Jetta GTX 16V '88 Jetta GLI 16V '81 Scirocco S (16V coming soon)
