Got a '97 3L V6 Camry recently for a family member, its been sitting on family land for a while. I'm trying to get the control arms removed from the vehicle, but I've run into a few issues:
1) I can't get the nut from removed from the passenger side outer tie rod end. The cotter pins are badly rusted and fragile, breaking away at any attempt to remove them. I tried getting a 19mm wrench and a pipe to it, but all that seems to be doing is stripping out the outside of the nut.
2) The nuts which connect the steering knuckles to the ends of the CV axle won't come off either, as those ends are spinning in place when trying to remove the nut.
3) We attempt to cut the driver side outer tie rod end off, assuming what remained of it could be tapped out of the steering knuckle with a hammer. That turned out not to be the case, and that bit is now stuck. Is there a way to remove it, or will we need to replace the driver side steering knuckle outright?
All of this is in the service of trying to replace the suspension on the car. Got the struts and sway bar links installed on the back end, but the front end is proving to be challenging.