Thanks Mike. I didn't realize the rack gear got exposed when wheel turned hard left. I hadn't looked at the p-side yet. btw folks. In my searching for steering rack info, I found this set of pics/text of a rack rebuild over on the Samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=259700&highlight=rack Neil.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > neil N wrote: > With the old boots removed (they were torn anyway) and before installing new > ones, I turned the steering wheel fully to the left and greased ... then > turned it fully to the right and greased. That way I could get to the > gears. It certainly has improved the steering. :) ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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