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[horaa]

It's been a very long week, weeks i should say.
Did a oil change as it was due. Then i found a broken tie rod end boot with a huge hole in it. Tried to get it out but it refused to budge, then heat and hammered the crap out of it untill i flowered some of the threads, then heat and penetrant... Then i waited a week or so to get my hand on a ball puller. Didn't budge either but it broke the tool so instead of driving to a garage i got mad as hell and started to get everything out untill i got the knuckle out to hit the tie rod end with a 2kg hammer and in case that wasn't enough i had nearby a 5 kg one, just in case. Worst case scenario new old used knuckle but i got lucky. What i also found was a hole at the inner cv joint boot, luckly i still had one of the old shafts so i just replaced the whole shaft as it was on the right side and i didn't have to drain the gearbox oil. All in all i am still mad because trw tie rod ends barely lasted 2 years. This time i replaced them with meyle outer rods and meyle hd inner ones. I just hope it will last more than 2 years. Also fixed the armrest that a plastic piece broken.
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[NeilGo]

Massive respect to you for tackling all of that yourself! I wouldn’t even know where to start with half of it! Great job and sounds like it's a winner in the long run.

[horaa]

Not much has happened but here it is.Wheel alignment; new tires michelin crossclimate as the old one were showing aging and about 1-2mm away from the marker; new wipers bosch; new varta battery as the old one was barely holding on and barely charge; tried to use some LED lamps instead of xenon, it was fun for about a month untill the case broke under the pressure of the metal bar thingie; passenger side turn signal cable terminal broke so it was interesting to fit again and actually make contact