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Subject:steering rack u-joint
From:Warren Lail
Date:Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:40:41 -0600

Greetings everyone,

Recently when driving slowly on rough dirt roads I noticed a knocking,
rattling sound that I can feel in the steering.  Today when I arrived
home (and after I washed away tons of mud), I crawled under my bus and
it seems that the u-joint that connects to the power steering rack is
quite worn and loose.  Is this something that generally wears and
needs replacing?  It looks like it is attached to the steering rack
and to a rod running forward by a couple of integrated clamp-like
things with bolts through them.  Hard to replace?  Source for the
part?

Thanks,

Warren in Santa Fe
88 Westy