I was able to loosen wife's with a 24" pipe wrench though it did bend the tie rod (didn't affect the function). I eat able to align after and i did use anti seize.

When I did mine i used a band saw to cut off the old outer tie rod and used the cut off piece aa a thread chasing die to clean the inner rod before installing the new one.

Wife's 24" pipe wrench situation led to only adjusting one side and a steering wheel not straight when done, but good alignment that stopped chewing up tires in weeks.

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)