Stuck steering drag link

Flyer58

YJ Enthusiast
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Location
Magnolia, Texas
Wel I got the alignment done without any problem and now I need to straighten the steering wheel just a little but one end of the drag link isn't budging. Heat and oil yet nothing moves. I'll let it soak overnight. The previous owner torqued the bolt down to 500ft/lbs on that side. The others were ok.
/rant-off
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Quick follow up after a week of soaking it still didn't budge. I ended up popping off the ball joint, putting the drag link in a vice and twisting off the ball joint with a big wrench. I bet that thing hadn't moved in years.

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I can't count how many times the vice has come in handy! I give you more credit than I would give myself. I'm so lazy I'd just go buy a new steering setup with as cheap as they are :ROFLMAO: