164 inner steering tie-rod

[VLADDS@domain.elided]

Did anyone change an inner tie-rod on a 164 recently?
Did you notice how the cardisc goes skipping over how to change them? Did you 
notice how they're all round, with nowhere to grab them from? How about the 
safety punch at the threaded end that goes into the rack? Did you re-punch 
the new rod, to secure it? What did you use to remove the old-one, to thread 
it out from the rack?
Well, if nobody bumped into these yet, I promise you an entertaining time 
while trying to do the job. I even wonder if the whole rack can decide to 
twist in its supports while you try to crack loose the old inner tie-rod.
I replaced one but, surprise-surprise, the other would not separate from the 
outer tie-rod, probably from being blow-torch heated at allignment. The nut 
was seized too.
Vlad
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