Rebuilding power steering rack VS Acclaim

[zeropalooba]

Hi all, I have the rack from my VS acclaim almost completely disassembled. I did this because it's been leaking and also has an internal leak. I don't know how to remove the rack from the housing in order to change the seal between the left and right sides. Has anyone done it? I've removed the passenger side stop (the screwed in plate with 4 holes that stops the passenger side seal from moving out). I thought that could simply pull the rack out of the housing from the passenger side but it won't go past its stop. Thanks for your help.

 

[BlackVXGTS]

The attached PDF is from the Holden VS Service manual. Hopefully it should answer your question - it's very detailed.

 

[zeropalooba]

The attached PDF is from the Holden VS Service manual. Hopefully it should answer your question - it's very detailed.

Thank you so much! It's so satisfying to have done the rebuild myself. It really is easy with the instructions.