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replace the discs they are too worn to be useful.
The stub shaft looks good,
use the Hi temp Porsche spline grease,
Roger sells it
the coil cap got water in it ,
and the water sat inside the cap,
thats what it looks like
Disc's are dead, on my list
Gotcha on shaft
Spline grease is also on list
Remaining question: Do you think the coil has been compromised or is the rust cosmetic only? is the old school resistance test for coils effective in this case?
As a WYAIT with the motor out, I wanted to replace the "rubber/plastic donut" on the intermediate steering shaft. It was dated '85 and was showing real sign of failing. The part however is not available by itself, you have to buy the whole shaft:
The donut is easy enough to remove once you have the motor out and the steering rack dropped.
After a discussion with Roger, he provided a VW/Audi substitute. The challenge is that, while the rubber part is the same, the original has some different spacers on two of the four holes:
Some quick work using sockets as punches had the old ones removed and installed in the new donut:
I also took this time to replace the firewall foil:
This was much more of a PITA than I thought it would be. Would be easy with brake lines, fuel lines, bell housing and cooling lines out of the way, but that was not a viable option at this time, so I ha d to work around them. Ugh.
Peeling off the old was easy. Then cleaned as best I could.
And cut it into manageable squares. I then pulled whatever hoses, lines etc I could away from the firewall as best I could and stuck the foil on. Not pretty, but certainly functional:
Nice job!
A this the part that can cause "vague" steering??
Although I don't see a ton of posts about that related to the donut, I would think it certainly could, combined with the more common issues of failing rack bushings, worn tie rods, sloppy u-joints etc. Its a system where a little slop in each of those is cumulative.
It is also a 32 year old rotting rubber part on a critical system, where failure could be _interesting_. Easy/Cheap to change at this point, so certainly worth doing as cheap insurance.
02-13-2017, 05:25 PM
