In a message dated 5/13/2002 8:01:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

> rebuilding p/s rack

Steve, I've done a few of these now and it pretty simple. Clean the rack well before beginning the disassembly. The hardest part is going to be removing the two locking rings that hold the cast aluminium ends to the central tube. Be careful and go slowly using heat if they do not want to move. You can easily damage the castings removing these and then your rack will be toast. After you get those locking rings off then the rest is pretty straight forward. Work slowly and keep things clean. Since there are no diagrams anywhere showing the location and position of the seals and spacers all you have to go by is your original. Make notes if you think you will not remember where and how the seals and spacers go. That's it.

Cheers  

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