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I use the old tuning fork tool with a hammer. It works fine. If you just replace the ends, be shure that the supplier sends you one RH thread and one LH thread. They are different.
I have replaced a few for other people, but on my two personal porsche's I went with turbo tie rods. The difference is incredable.
I highly recomend them if your car is a keeper.

The special wrench is good because of the confined work area, but you can use a chisel to break the rod loose and remove it with a big pair of channel-lock pliers. When you break it loose with a chisel they usually screw off easily. Good luck!


P.S. the washers with the turbo rods go at the rack. Not the rack mount. They are not a bonus bump stear washer. The rods will screw into the rack and bottom out. You cannot tighten them correctly without the washers. When you put them on, I use some Med. strength locktite. I use large chanel-locks to re-install.

The turbo rods are square at the rack where the reg. are round with 4 indentions for the special wrench. If you are going to do alot of them buy the tools. If not, take your time and you can use my methods.