rieger power steering - help

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

'Smart ass' Brian's idea probably will be the one you will go with for the
Cincy trip. When you get back you will have a new seal from Mark or Mike and
just swap it. The inner tie rod is outboard of the seal which seals against
the rack it's self. Getting that inner tie rod joint off can be a bear and
there are gobs of things that have to come off to facilitate this. That plus
the fact that you will be in need of an alignment should make you decide to
do it when you get back.

Have a great trip!

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@comcast.net>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 6:21 PM
Subject: rieger power steering - help


> Fellow listers
>     the rieger left a few red puddles after my trip to ocala last weekend.
today i jacked up the front end expecting to have to swap
> an output shaft seal on the tranny. turns out the passenger side power
steering boot has a 1/2" split (where it clamps to the tie
> rod), and go figure the clamp is missing. This is also the point it is
leaking from. I lost 1.5" from the p/s reservoir over ~400
> miles (im guessing it began sometime in/around ocala).
>     what can i do to slow/stop the leakage? is it feasable to do an
'in-place' replacement of the seal on that side? does the inner
> tie rod end act as a seal at all? (i've never taken a tie rod off of a
rack before). gimme options/opinions/suggestions please (i'd
> hope to be able to get to/from cincy without worrying about this, and i
definitely dont want to tackle a rack swap the week before
> cincy).
> thanks in advance for help
> Al
>
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
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