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Subject:Re: Silly Question, maybe?
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:07:34 -0600

McN'

        Your TisRod Boots are Not supposed to have any Fluid in them ~ So

when You see Them "Leaking" it is Actually Your PSRack that is Leaking ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 30 Mar , 2017, at 11:52 AM, David McNeely wrote:

> 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
>>