Reply to "Possible steering rack replacement?"

bosswrenchMember

Sometimes I do, Garth. I'm not a business- I just hack around in the garage and fab things that interest me.

Observation: I've fixed a number of stock steering racks including a couple that were BENT from severe frontal impact. And while Cam Gears catches a lot of crap for their design, there are basically only 2.0 wear points. The first is the stock three-layer bushing, fixed by using bronze. The second is wear on the rack teeth due to lack of lube, often fixed by using the correct no-leak boots. Occasionally, the pinion seal leaks but that's a common auto parts store item.

The late rack as used post-1980 has a pathetic staking system to retain the steering rods to the rack, compared to early Cam Gears racks; have not seen what the 'chinese' racks use. IMHO, all these racks (properly assembled, with lube and a bronze bushing) should be 200,000 mile assemblies with any care at all.

6/22/152:16 PM

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