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steering rack trouble!, Bob D, others?
Posted by Jimmy [Email] (more from Jimmy) on Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:57:31
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So I finally determined what that front end noise was. After replacing outer tie rod ends and ball joints, still clunking around over bumps and floppy steering. Pulled the manual steering rack and have found the source of the trouble (haven't dissembled the rack yet, but pretty obvious what's up it seems).
-Outer bushing fairly shot on right side (old threads indicate you can make your own or try a vw one?)
-small alloy mounting plate on right side cracked, looks like it may fail soon
-inner bushing (between housing and rack itself) on right side seems totally gone, ANY SOURCE anyone know of? Saw an old post from BobD who mentioned this problem.
any source for used racks or rebuilt racks? Thanks all!
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Posts in this Thread:
- steering rack trouble!, Bob D, others?, Jimmy, Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:57:31 <-- Viewing This Message
- Don't have a good answer yet >>>>, BobD, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:40:36
- Re: Don't have a good answer yet >>>>, Jimmy, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:42:01
- Re: part numbers > circa 1974 parts manual...., DougM , Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:13:48
- Bart, our BB member here can make the outer, Brently, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:02:51
- search will go on..., Jimmy, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:23:41
- Re: search will go on..., Bart, Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:46:06
- Re: VW D-Bushing, I tried it without success, LJB, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:29:31
- Jimmy, try these, Brently, Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:50:38
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