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Yes you can pull the inner tie rod and expose the end of the rack. You will need either the super thin 32mm wrench or a pipe wrench. Those star nuts are made for this kind of application (and is what was there from Porsche). I only have about 100 miles on mine but so far so good. My bushing wasn't out of the rack though. I took the old tie rods off to replace them and found the star nut (broken) in the boot. I installed the star nut with a piece of 30mm inside diameter thin wall pipe. It went in perfect on the first shot. I have a few of those star nuts left if you need a couple. Pm me.