

| Subject: | Tips or Hints for Replacing Power Steering Racks? |
| From: | Richard Golen |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:09:14 -0400 |
Good Morning, I've ordered a rebuilt steering rack for my 87 Westy, and it should be here around Tuesday. I plan on replacing the rack, and try to salvage some sort of road trip for the tail end of next week. Unfortunately both Bentley and Haynes are rather lacking on descriptions on how to replace the steering racks. I've looked at the rack and it appears that the steering joint needs to be undone, two power steering lines need to be undone, the tie rod ends popped, and the four mounting bolts removed. I assume that putting in the new one is the reverse proceedure (other than taking the outer tie rods off the old unit and putting it on the new rack). Also I have to flush the lines, etc. with Dextron. I figure this to be about a 3 hour job...... Anyone have any tips and advice? Are there any on-line descriptions that I can check out? Thanks. Ric
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