Pack a little grease in the back side of a lip seal before installation, to help hold the little spring in the back of the seal, when tapping the seal in.

When removing tie rod ends, hit the knuckle, on the side of the bore where the tie rod end is tapered into. If you beat on each side with a BFH, and a little load from a pry bar, and the tie rod end will pop out. No pickle forks for me!

When all else fails, get a bigger hammer.

Michael