hacker-pschorr

Oh man I want those....this list is getting really long

Ducman82

i hope to have mine in the mail tomorrow. pics would rock!

Ducman82

so, i have have taken the brace plate off, but the old bushing WILL NOT COME OUT.... im thinking i will have to take the rack OUT to press them out.... not to mention the 17mm bolt need to be held on the top end and on the drivers side are almost impossible to hold... ugh. any tips or tricks to this?

Stromius

Air hammer with a notched chisel bit is the only way to get the old ones off in a timely manner.

Ducman82

with it hanging or out of the car?

Giovanni

How about being creative with a C-clamp with the rack hanging?

Ducman82

working on that as we speak (C-clamp idea)

Ducman82

well i dropped the rack... sort of. i might even replace it since im there, but it WILL NOT separate from the steering coupling on the steering wheel shaft. what i need is the jaws of life. but when i do get it out, i cant wait to install the bushing! they look great!

Stromius

Hanging worked for me. Air chisel (sorry meant that not hammer) worked the old ones out.

Giovanni

And you can pick on from HB for less than $3; http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...ord=air+chisel

Ducman82

ya im going to get one tomorrow. i got the rack off. stubborn bugger. not to clean and press out the old bushings..

Ducman82

so after getting the rack out, i found this rubber with a metal ring around the out side of the bushing.



but after beating it out, the new bushings fit right in!


Tomorrow when i get the rack back in the car, ill take another after picture!

GREAT product 928RUS!

Ducman82

Here is the installed picture!

G Man

Cool. Thanks for sharing the pics. Does this process mess with the alignment? Give an update after the test drive please.

Ducman82

as long as you dont mess with the tie rods ends, you should be ok. im guessing later cars had different bushing that are not "formed" on the rack the this set was. i had to take the rack out to get them off. the hardest part of doing that was getting the splines for the steering rack and the coupler to go back on.