FWIW, I replaced the tire rod boots on my camper because they were
leaking.  Just a few weeks later, the steering rack gave out, and I had to
replace that.  I suspect that leaking  tie rod boots, if not caught
immediately, allow road gunk in to damage the rack.  My beast is a 1991
Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, manual transmission, power steering.

mcneely

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Laura Mangan <laurakmangan@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for your response everyone.
>
> My steering wheel horn pad is padded, well, it's no longer attached, the
> clip broke. That's another asap fix (for state inspection)
>
> I DO have a Bentley manual. Sadly, I don't even know enough about the van,
> or mechanical things, to even know where to start half of the time.
>
> I'll check Into the condition of rack, and go from there. Parts pricing is
> significant for just tie rod vs. Steering rack.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> L
>
> On Mar 30, 2017 1:02 PM, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 30 Mar , 2017, at 9:55 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
> >
> > > If you don’t have one yet look at getting a Bently manual.  this will
> be
> > a big help in the future.  Keep it in the van!
> >
> >         I'll, of course, 2nd that thought ~ But Add ~ Removing &
> Replacing
> > the P'S'Rack is, Annoyingly, LeftOut of the
> >
> > Bentley ~ Or @Least Both Bentleys that I have ~ Or May I Just Can't Find
> > It ~
> >
> >
> >               ORR ~ DeanB
>