Replacing rack ends - Can I do it myself?

[azkwazere]

which bolts would they be?

Two bolts which run through the rack and K-Frame.

aZk.

 

[rob drag racer]

there the ones :thumbsup: even if they seem tight if there worn it will cause movement

 

[SweetWagon]

Yep they are nice and tight

 

[rob drag racer]

and your sure that its not worn ive seen the have to be shimmed before

 

[SweetWagon]

and your sure that its not worn ive seen the have to be shimmed before

The rack itself, who knows its probably the original one on its way out but still it shouldn't cause noises driving straight, pretty certain the new rack end will fix the knocking issue. If not.. well ill worry about that

 

[Morton]

Just pull everything out and wiggle it all

 

[SweetWagon]

Just pull everything out and wiggle it all

haha trust me it has crossed my mind. Even if the new rack ends fix the problem ill be looking into a manual steering rack in future. Just unsure what do do with the P/S pump, cant run the belt without it. Do you know what to do with those lock washers Morton?

 

[vn calais manual]

haha trust me it has crossed my mind. Even if the new rack ends fix the problem ill be looking into a manual steering rack in future. Just unsure what do do with the P/S pump, cant run the belt without it. Do you know what to do with those lock washers Morton?

just make a bracket to accept the ps pump pulley as another idler.

 

[SweetWagon]

just make a bracket to accept the ps pump pulley as another idler.

I was thinkin something along those lines or gutting the pump and just running the pulley. Would prefer to have no pulley but looks a bit difficult to get around that

 

[Morton]

haha trust me it has crossed my mind. Even if the new rack ends fix the problem ill be looking into a manual steering rack in future. Just unsure what do do with the P/S pump, cant run the belt without it. Do you know what to do with those lock washers Morton?

Pretty sure you have to run a dummy idler without power steering on the old buick.

The lock washers you can grab from any steering specialist, my bloke gave me a handfull for free. Take note of how they sit on your current rack ends. The new ones will be flat. Once they're in there (they lock into the rack end), and the rack end is tightened up to about 80nm (or just as tight as you can bloody well get them), then smash the ends of the washers down with a small hammer, so they "lock" around the flat parts of the rack

And you're done!

Keep in mind you have to pry back the old lock washers before you can remove the rack ends