thebot123
Compulsive JC User
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gday lads,
im looking at maybe having a crack at rebuilding my steering rack as its leaking quite bad, ive rebuilt a power steering pump before and that was quite fun i actually made a how to guide on it and im hoping to snap in some pics of this steering rack rebuild so others can do it also and save some $$.
ive worked out the rough cost of a steering rack rebuild kit which is:
off ebay a pack that consists of:
Steering rack ends, Boots, tie rod ends, cable ties and cotter pins is $89
off gumtree:
rebuild seal kit is $85
im yet to inquire at the local car parts plus theyre usually heaps cheap on seal kits and rack ends etc ill update later for a proper confirmed price of everything. but even from 5 mins looking on the net $174 is better then paying $350 from a workshop that requires a changeover rack. fair enough you can get them on ebay for $200 but i dunno i wouldnt buy something like that off ebay i wouldnt trust it but thats me.
has anyone here done this before? rebuilt a rack? did you need any special tools or anything? any info would be great on rebuilding one of these at the moment im just lining everything up but i will be rebuilding it soon.
im looking at maybe having a crack at rebuilding my steering rack as its leaking quite bad, ive rebuilt a power steering pump before and that was quite fun i actually made a how to guide on it and im hoping to snap in some pics of this steering rack rebuild so others can do it also and save some $$.
ive worked out the rough cost of a steering rack rebuild kit which is:
off ebay a pack that consists of:
Steering rack ends, Boots, tie rod ends, cable ties and cotter pins is $89
off gumtree:
rebuild seal kit is $85
im yet to inquire at the local car parts plus theyre usually heaps cheap on seal kits and rack ends etc ill update later for a proper confirmed price of everything. but even from 5 mins looking on the net $174 is better then paying $350 from a workshop that requires a changeover rack. fair enough you can get them on ebay for $200 but i dunno i wouldnt buy something like that off ebay i wouldnt trust it but thats me.
has anyone here done this before? rebuilt a rack? did you need any special tools or anything? any info would be great on rebuilding one of these at the moment im just lining everything up but i will be rebuilding it soon.