Finally I've changed the tie-rod end of Oscar, I had some spare time this morning and was able to tackle what I knew to be a difficult job due to finding its thread was pretty well seized when I wanted to do the job the other week.
Without a hoist and with my lovely ramps lent out for what seems a longer time than I'd hoped access is rather awkward so at last I got my brain to think outside the square.
So I welded a nut onto the back of my lovely gripping tool so I could fit a socket to it and get leverage in a Z fashion. I leaned like buggery into it and my weld held firm and eventually I heard a creak, yes it moved, so I carried on huffing and puffing and it continued squawking, then after a few turns I'd go upstairs and rest for a while, a few sessions and it became easier, then it at last came off.
It should have been a simple job but certainly wasn't.
BTW I use what the Americans correctly refer to as a stick welder, stick has two meanings but I have one of those tiny units the Chinese sell very cheaply, they look like a toy but they're fantastic.
