No idea how this happenned, I dont know if something broke sometime during the continuous assembly and reassembly but the nut and stud that holds the tie rod to the tire assembly just spins up inside the tierod

The nut wont back off or come up and theres such a small ammount of thread that I cant grip it with a set of vice grips

I tried with a small set of vice grips but cant hold it enough to spin the nut on or off

Has anyone ever had this happen?, The tie rod is basically new, maybe 1 year old I believe but the stud just spins, I dont get how it attaches up inside the tie rod, can something break there?

The nut is on by probably 7 threads, needs maybe 11-12 more to make it up there

Need to know what tricks there are to get this **** up there

 

It's just a ball joint with nothing to 'break'. It will continue to spin as you've seized the nut onto the stud... have to cut it off. Try dremel/cutoff wheel. Then clean/chase the threads of the stud and get a new nut or just buy a whole new Tie Rod end.

 

Try to put some pressure on it. Like step on it, or try to "twist" it to one side. This always happens to me because when i am whacking the fuCc out of it i miss sometimes and hit the threads. Good luck.

 

Jam a pickle fork in there and impact the bitch off. Then go buy a new tie rod.

 

Cant buy a new one, need this car running