4th gen steering rack

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:23 pm

has Dave in Rosewell not got one on the yellow 4th gen hes breaking

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:46 pm

Daves closest to you and he will be sick of the sight of that yella lude by now

ask him if he ever sold that suspension

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:11 pm

i was

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:25 pm

yeah tell him the konis he sold me are knocking like f*ck and i will be coming round to get a refund

Dino · Post by **Dino** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:18 pm

I have one off the car already. £50 delivered

Post by **Kawa** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:33 pm

Check the end seals for signs of leakage and wear.

Undo the two pipes from PS pump and drain. Think you can turn the engine over a couple of times to pump the remaining fluid out.

Some of the bolts securing the rack are PITA to get to. They will be pretty cruddy with road dirt, but an impact driver comes in handy if you have a compressor. There is also a nut that secures the rack to the steering column which is a bit fiddly too.

When reassembling, don't bother connecting the steering column until the front wheel are on and straight, steering wheel straight and then do the steering column bolt (the fiddly one).

When driving to the wheel alignment center, take care. It will be like driving a bowl of jelly!!

I was lucky enough to purchase a re-con unit a couple of years ago for a good price

Not very helpful, but a couple of pics here

http://s11.photobucket.com/user/kawascr ... 2981946737