Advice on where to find tie rod/ball joint remover for thrust arms

[Rus]

Have you tried separating the strut from its mount on the knuckle (3 or 4 large bolts on the bottom). This should give you enough room to use a large pickle fork. I couldn't get my passenger side to come apart until I did this. Even then it took a lot of hammering. HTH

[genphreak]

Have you tried separating the strut from its mount on the knuckle (3 or 4 large bolts on the bottom). This should give you enough room to use a large pickle fork. I couldn't get my passenger side to come apart until I did this. Even then it took a lot of hammering. HTH

You need lots of Penetron squirted in there.

Just use a butane torch to heat up the steering arm (plate below strut that everything connects to), being careful of rubber boots, of course. Then a short sharp tap will pop the tie rod if you have your pickle fork jammed in there. Then remove the whole arm from the vehicle (complete with control and thrust arm) and use Bill Rs method (searhc the forum or archives) of popping the ball joints out using sockets and a decent hammer. His is a damned sweet way to do it with minimum fuss... Nick