RE: Steering rack boots.

[Tim Ebling <tim@surreal.com>]

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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