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I'm in the middle of checking the Bijur system on my 901. I need to take apart the ball joints on the tie rod. I'm certain that the brass dust shields will get damaged when they are taken apart.

Where can one buy for the brass shields and is it possible to get replacement ball stud and ball socket for the car?

Using two hammers, strike opposite sides of the tie rod taper yoke simultaneously (or hold one hammer firmly against the yoke), then tap on the tie rod with the nut protecting the thread.

If that doesn't work you can buy a tie rod puller. Those pickle forks are only for use on junk parts that need to be taken apart fast.

I had a similar hard time removing them from my 1928 526. In the end, I ruined the brass grease cups and had to use enough heat to remove the ball tapers that the solder melted from the Bijur line in the fitting. I took the damaged brass and ball assy to a machinist and had them turn out two new grease cups. Now reassembled it looks great.
Remember lots of heat then hit on the nut end with the nut threaded on flush with the end of the ball assy.

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Nicely done!

To All;

Thanks for the input and suggestions. I had tried the hammer both on the nut on the bolt and on the sides without any give on the left side before I posted. The right side came apart with a good size ball peen hammer on the nut.

I'm going to see what type of pullers I have and if push comes to shove, Harbor Freight has a puller for $15. If it still doesn't want to come loose, I'll try heating. It's nice to know about the Bijur line. This is the last fitting on going through the oiling system.

To wrap this project up:

Well I tried using a puller with some heat, but things wouldn't give. I finally ended up using a fork on the joint, but as expected the dust shield did not fare well. So I made my own.

I used ?" thick aluminum flat bar to make a male and female die to form a new shield from turning them on a lathe. After several tries I was able to come up with suitable dies and a process for using a vice and 4 lb. hammer to rough form shields. The rough formed shields were finished using a dolly & body hammer. The original ones were ~0.024" thick. I made prototypes out of 0.016' and 0.032" thick brass. I settled on making my replacement using the thicker material and made four.

Now I can get back to the Bijur system.

I meant to include a couple of photos of everything.

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