Apart from owning a TF Magna I also own a few other non-Mitsubishi cars. One of those is a 1985 Ford KC Laser that is , Mazda BP 323. I am trying to make this car reliable for my daughter as she is about to start some study about 400km away from home.

I want to replace one of the inner tie rod ends. It is locked somehow to the rack with a small spring steel roll pin. It is in a blind hole on the side of the rack. It appears to me that it is driven in hard until it deforms the tie rod thread.

Has anyone removed anything like this?

The store I purchased the replacement inner tie rod from said to put a spanner on it and hit it hard, I guess to shear the pin or push it up as the undamaged threads ride over it.

I'm a bit scared to do this especially as the reaction force will go through to the pinion as this is what stops the rack from rotating.

Can anyone help me with this?

I've been told to lock the new tie rod with Locktite.

Thanks.