Vorsicht

Did Porsche use some kind of loctite when mounting the steering rack?

I just removed mine (replacing it, leaking) and found a blue residue on the end of the threads and on the mounting bracket.

I have 3 of 4 of these bolts apparently frozen into the crossbar above the mounting brackets (I had to cut the bolt heads off to remove the rack!).

Besides drilling them out, any suggestions? I tried wd-40 and also tapping them lightly with a hammer, no luck yet.

Garth S

AFAIK, there is a blue thread locker on these bolts - the 'solid' aerobic type [ which, BTY, can be refreshed with Loctite 242 blue liquid anaerobic type on reassembly.]
Both types yield to heat, so one option is to break out the torches and they can be taken up to "cherry red" if necessary: clamp on a pair of vise grips, and they should turn out easily.

A less drastic approach is to use a real rust penetrant, such as Kroil .... save the WD-40 for cleaning your hands. Soak, and then slowly work back & forth with the vise grips.

Another trick that often works is to smack the bolt head with a hammer before attempting to turn them out ..... at this late point, smack the headless bolt & see if that helps.

chris walrod

+1 on WD40 for hand cleaning only Its nearly kerosene anyhow.

Yes, these can be challenging to remove. A little heat would help as suggested above.

Vorsicht

Chris & Garth,

Thank you. The heat did the trick. I used a small butane kitchen burner as it is very easy to focus.

Thanks again, Peter

cgfen

judging by your current avatar, i'd guess someone is spending a lot of time in planes recently................

WD-40?
Makes a great bicycle chain cleaner.
POS as a lubricant.