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Looking for tips: replace steering rack tube bushings.


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Repair is done.  I sourced a rebuilt rack.  Am saving the inner tie rods off the old rack since they are still tight (and the treaded portion is significantly longer), then I am putting the old rack out on the curb for the local scrap iron scrounger.  The old "rebuilt" rack that I bought a few years ago is significantly different from the new one I just bought to replace it. Specifically, on the old rack, the bushing area is expanded (had to have been manufactured that way) while the new rack tube is of the same diameter from one end to the other.  The bushing material in the old rack is a very brittle plastic type material and the bushing material in the new rack is a thin metal tube like one would expect from looking at cut-away drawings.  Totally different components. Other than follow-up discussion, I'm through with this project.  Word to the wise:  if you have a parts car, try not to let it go to the crusher until you have pulled the steering rack-the rebuilders have no cores.  Save your inner tie-rods, they can be rebuilt.

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