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Help needed again!



Actually it's more crud than rust, which is amazing because the car itself
is more rust than crud. The rack is in very good shape really. Just wish I
knew where to get the correct poly bushings for it.

Thanks,
Tom C
'79 "The Project" Scirocco

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carpenter/Graffy [mailto:egraffy@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:52 PM
> To: Tom C; Texas Scirocco Team; Scirocco List
> Subject: RE: Help needed again!
>
>
> Hi Tom,
> I'm not sure about the bushings. Maybe they are for a later PS
> car. But did
> you notice the corrosion on the steering rack on the exposed
> passenger-side
> end?
> Maybe something more basic than mount bushings needed here?
> Cris
>
>
>   At 06:49 PM 6/4/2003, Tom C wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I guess a picture is better than a 1000 words, so here's over 3000 words
> >worth.
> >
> >http://64.35.20.9/mrack-bushings.jpg
> >http://64.35.20.9/mrack-bushings1.jpg
> >http://64.35.20.9/mrack-bushings2.jpg
> >
> >According to Prothane these bushings (red ones) are good for ALL
> mk1 and mk2
> >manual steering racks. So what's mine chopped liver?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Tom C
> >'79 "The Project" Scirocco
> >
> >
> >
> > >Hey all,
> > >
> > >I took the rack out of the car to clean it up, put the new
> poly bushings on
> > >and new tie rods. The damn bushings aren't even close to being
> the same.
> >Are
> > >there different manual racks for mk1's? If so, does anyone
> have the correct
> > >ones for my car? Mine are smaller than the ones shown on Bahn Brenner
> >Motors
> > >in the specials section. Maybe I should look for the correct
> rack for my
> > >year car?
> > >
> > >Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > >Tom C
> > >'79 "The Project" Scirocco
> >
> >
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