i was just tinkering and removing the front strut assembly from my white ute cus in the new year i will be putting s13 calipers and disks on...

the drivers side came out sweet with only 2 tiny taps of the hammer on the tie rod end... the passengers side is still in there after 20mins of first tapping then smashing with my hammer... i am ready to explode

is there any other tricks to getting the tie rod off the strut?

Loosen the nut but leave it on the tie rod end.
Take one f'off big hammer and belt the snot out of the end of the steering arm until it cracks loose.

Done!

Or you can get special tierod/balljoint tools, they are like a fork type thing that you wedge between the tierod and steering arm and then belt the end of it so it wedges them apart..

haha yeah ive done some smashing already but ill have another crack at it tomorrow or the next day... maybe if i get drunk it will work its way off.

or maybe ill have to buy some more tools.

get two hammers and bash both sides at the same time. That's the master trick.

heat the steering arm up, but with out heating the tie rod and nut, then a fair wack should get

haha cheers guys, the drivers side practicaly fell off so im stumped and cranky but ill try the double hammer smash lol

C4 will do the trick every time ;)

lol ill throw 3 banked random claymores in the garage im sure that will take something off... maybe just rust

Hahahaha! Merry Xmas mate.