getting off tie rod inner.

[xagna]

Doing a steering rack swap, I am stuck with taking tie rod inners off of the rebuilt steering rack which I just put in.

Thinking that the rebuilder might have applied some locktites, I torched the tie rod and saw some flames, possibly from locktites. But with crescent wrench and pushing it with jack, I still can't take tie rod inner off.

What are the other ways to take these off while on the car before taking the car to a shop? I can't even bring this car to a shop because my tie rod end is 14mm and these tie rod inners are stock 13mm...

[180fan]

a long pipe attached to the wrench after applying the blow torch. If you need it, put the jack at the far end of the pipe and give the jack a couple cranks till the sucker pops off.

[xagna]

Problem was that my car was not on the lift so had no space for the pipe. But got it off after several more tries. Thanks a lot for the tip.

I guess that, for people with only jack stands, monkey wrench and jack is the only option available...