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Remember don't heat any steel over 400'F unless you want to change it's temper or heat treat properties.
Just don't heat the tie rod bolt where it attaches to the spindle or hub.
For example my aunt had the tie rods on her car replaced, it was rusty and seized to the hub so the funky mechanic at the local shop heated the tie rod bolt where it attached to the hub and it snapped off while she was driving a few months later. Lucky for her she was driving up a steep hill so her car just stopped when the tie rod broke loose and stuffed the wheel up inside the wheel well.
Another example, camaro owner back yard mechanics have burned the bushings out of the front lower control arms with a torch only to have the control arm snap off at the edge of the heat effected zone where the bushing was burned out of.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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