Re: Steering rack boots.

[Greg <fren0027@tc.umn.edu>]

Well, ok, but I was wondering, not if I had to remove stuff to get at
the boot, but if re-conditioning the rack was a good (read necessary)
idea, in addition to simply replacing the boot.
Tim Ebling wrote:

> Hmmmm, well I replaced my driver's side rack boot on my '88 with PS
> without
> taking the whole rack out.  There are a couple tricky parts, namely 1)
>
> undoing the tie rod end, which might require the use of a puller, 2)
> getting
> the metal band which holds the old boot to the rack flange, and 3)
> fastening
> the new boot around the rack flange.  Getting at the place where the
> boot
> fastens to is a REAL pain, but with perseverance you can eventually
> get the
> job done.  I just used a big old tie wrap to fasten the new boot.  As
> for
> getting it on there, it'll slide over the tie rod and all the way up
> to
> where it needs to go - it's tight but it'll go.
>
> I'm not sure about the passenger side, as I had the shop do that one.
>
> -tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg [mailto:fren0027@tc.umn.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 3:54 PM
> > To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Steering rack boots.
> >
> >
> > Ok, the Bently reads that in the event of a shredded steering
> > boot, take
> > out the rack and pinion, take apart the rack and pinion and make
> sure
> > nothing's stuck in there, put it back together and back in the car.
> > my Question, Do I have to?
> >                                         --but--
> > I test drove another 84 w/o power steering and found it to be much
> > easier to turn, so easy in fact, I suspected (wrongly) that
> > it did have
> > power steering.   might this be a cause of a gunked up rack
> > and pinion,
> > and I would therefore want to either rebuild or get a remanufactured
>
> > one?
> >
> >
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