In a message dated 11/05/2008 11:30:03 A.M. Central Standard Time,
john@ucsb.edu writes:

>
>
> So,  like I do not understand why you guys  want to make so much trouble out
> of a  simple job.  I have  ALWAYS replaced these boot by removing the tie
rod
> from  the rack
Not sure what you mean here? How does one remove the tie rod from the  rack?

Don't you mean to say "remove the tie rod end from the steering  arm" ?
if so that was one of my original questions on if one needs  a
tool to pull the tie rod end off the arm as I thought it was pressed  in.

The  tie rod is NOT pressed into the end of the rod at the rack.  It is
screwed  in !!  Get and new tie rod and look at it or look in your Bentley.  At
the rack end of the tie rod is a ball joint with flat sides for a wrench and
threads that thread into the rack's rod that moves left and right.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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