Date:         Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:08:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: steering rack - r&r
Comments: To: tjhannink@YAHOO.COM
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how do you remove the steering rack?


>From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: steering rack - r&r
>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 05:35:19 -0700
>
>--- Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM> wrote:
> > Since I might as well put in new tie-rods and boots,
> > what kind of r&r should I do to the steering rack?
> > Should I consider the rack contaminated and pull it,
>
> > disassemble and clean, and reseal? Or just fix
> > what's there and go.
>
> > Conrad
>
>When I first bought my camper, one of the boots on my
>manual steering rack was torn. I went to the dealer,
>bought two new boots and a tube of the VW steering
>rack lube. I removed the rack from the van, cleaned as
>much of the old grease out as I could without
>disassembling the rack further, installed the new
>boots and reinstalled the rack on the van. I also
>checked out the steering column coupler discs and the
>rack mount bushings but they were still in good shape.
>I've put over 66,000 miles on the van since this
>repair and haven't noticed any change in the steering
>performance of the van, it still tracks straight and
>has very little play.
>
>Good luck,
>
>
>=====
>TJ Hannink
>Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
>Winter Park, Florida
>http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
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