When taking my VX in for an alignment, I was told that the inner driver's side tie rod end was frozen (i.e. corroded) and couldn't be adjusted. I took the VX back home and removed the entire tie rod to work on it. After heating, PB blasting, wrenching, and repeating I could only get it to crack and rotate about a quarter turn. So, I took it to a shop thinking they would have a stronger vise and hotter torch. Got a call yesterday that the rod broke off in the tie rod end! Must have been some serious corrosion that weakened that solid metal rod up inside the tie-rod end.
Anyhow, now I'm trying to find what I can't get from the local parts store, which is the tie rod itself (#1 in the pic below). Any suggestions? Isuzu OEM parts only sells the assembly that includes both tie rod ends (which I don't need because I already had new ones).
https://www.partswebsite.com/stores/...sF/F664070.gif
Thanks,
woodhout
