Date:         Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:28:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Power Steering System - PS Boots
Comments: To: AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
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Larry,

As far as the power steering lines go, you can get them from Frank Condelli:

http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hose.htm

Don in Reidsville, NC
1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) - For Sale!
1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia)
----- Original Message -----
From: "AAG - Larry Word" <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wed 26 January 2005 00:00
Subject: Vanagon Power Steering System - PS Boots


Hello Group:

Can anyone point me in the correct direction to tackle this job of replacing
my 2 PS rack boots
on my 1985 Vanagon....send my link to prior article, answer my ?'s below,
etc.:

    -I had trouble installing said PS boots years ago....never did fit into
that grove on rack easily?
    -I did not know correct way of attaching boot to (1) rack itself (grove)
and (2) steering linkage rod.
        -What material use to clean area with B4 installing boots
        -What type greese (CV or otherwise) to use "behind" these boots....
        -Best clamping system as mentioned above.....hose clamps (one or
both ends ) or no clamps?
        -Best method to get to this area (remove tie rod, install boot,
re-install tie rod by counting threads, etc. was my method....)


*I remember seeing a company that was advertising a "complete kit" for
replacing older Vanagon PS rusty lines for approx. $100, pre-formed to fit!
Can anyone point me to this information as well.

Thank you for your inputs...this group ( as a whole) knows enough to keep
even my Vanagon on the road!

Thanks

Larry
Georgia