omg shoot me

track rod end ball joint didnt wanna come off for s@#t so i angle grinded it off and now im trying to drill up throught the tread, drill bits all snapping and just cant do it. Ive drilled it though with the smaller bits but nothing bigger wont go though,

any tips?

buy a new arm - they aint that dear.

Get the arm off and use a bench drill - more control and cooling.

Could you use a bench press on it?

it says in haynes manual to get strut off i gotta remove a million things, havnt got time lol, or is it just the 2 big bolts, and do i have to compress the springs

garrytd4 said:

it says in haynes manual to get strut off i gotta remove a million things, havnt got time lol, or is it just the 2 big bolts, and do i have to compress the springs

Click to expand...

eh?

track rod just un-bolts each end.

no no, track rod ball joint is off, only because i have to grind it off, now im stuck with trying to drill through thr bit where to thread and nut goes, and drill bits keep snapping and blunting, paid alot of miney for them, apparently they drill through all sorts of metal, clearly not.

garrytd4 said:

no no, track rod ball joint is off, only because i have to grind it off, now im stuck with trying to drill through thr bit where to thread and nut goes, and drill bits keep snapping and blunting, paid alot of miney for them, apparently they drill through all sorts of metal, clearly not.

Click to expand...

The drill bits are not the fault, you are. The steel you are drilling is very hard stuff and your drill has 2 high rpm's. But you didn't read how to first did you? Plus there is a complete photo and instruction of how to do it on Buster photo repair. You may of shot yourself in the foot on this one

panic over, all done, i just had to be patient and keep drilling and it eventually came off, omg, all because some idiot previous owner or whoever last replaced the track rod end ball joint tightened it up so much, and i mean so tight they rounded the nut.

a bit of advice, no need to be so tight, i mean tight enough yeh, but come on, aaarrrghhh some people (most probly land rover)

Would it not come off with a ball joint splitter?

garrytd4 said:

track rod end ball joint didnt wanna come off for s@#t so i angle grinded it off and now im trying to drill up throught the tread, drill bits all snapping and just cant do it. Ive drilled it though with the smaller bits but nothing bigger wont go though,

any tips?

Click to expand...

Here's my tip, apart from topping up the fuel tank and screen washer bottle you should NOT be doing anything else to any road going vehicle. :doh:

Nope. Ball joint splitter didn't even budge it. I tried different typrs and no good