55ant
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 02:17 PM |
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steering rack gaiter
I need to replace mine due to an mot fail, never fitted these before, can any one give me a few pointers, i really have no idea how to remove the
steering arm from the rack.
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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blakep82
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 02:22 PM |
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you shouldn't need to remove the steering arm...
i've never understood the little fitting cone they give you, but what i did, was remove the ball jointslide the new gaiter over the whole
steering arm up to the body of the rack, then you need about 6 hands to stretch the gaiter over the body of the rack
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Flamez
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 02:52 PM |
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Have you tried superglue on the gaiter?
my build mac1motorsports
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 03:10 PM |
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Is the cone for sliding it over the balljoint?
Just make sure you mark the position of the balljoint before you remove it.
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55ant
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 03:29 PM |
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ok cheers chaps, must say im a fan of jobs that require force instead of precision!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 04:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i've never understood the little fitting cone they give you,
It's for stretchy boots, just like CV joints use. It means you can get the boot over the track rod end without having to remove it from the
track rod and potentially mess the tracking up.
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55ant
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 06:56 PM |
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ok im not saying anyones wrong but i dont see how you could force something that small over the ball joint? is it not easier to remove the track rod
end? is that just a case of unscrewing it from the threaded steering arm?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/9/09 at 08:11 PM |
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Works with CV Joints and Stretch Boots
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