[Mg-t] TD Steering Rack

[John Seim]

Purchase 386-025 Ball Joint Puller from Moss Motors USA. Regular  
price $22.95,
on sale now for $19.95.
One tie rod end is older than the other one.

90W gear oil is to be used in the steering rack. Grease doesn't  
travel very well, and
is hard to get the grease to flow into the tie rod ball and cup  
assembly.

John Seim
Irvine, CA USA

On Nov 22, 2009, at 7:34 PM, jvk52td at aol.com wrote:

> Hi "T" Listers,
>
> I have been trying to read as much as possible about the steering  
> rack on the
> TD.    One of my rack seals was ripped.
> After much work I finally was able to separate the tie rod end by  
> pressing it
> out with a puller. What is the easiest way to do that task ??
>
> I noticed my tie rod boot was ripped on the other side so I am just  
> going to
> replace both tie rod boots and both rack seals.
>
> My tie rod ends are different from each other with one being flat  
> on the
> bottom with no grease zerk on top /  the other kind of round on the  
> bottom
> with a grease zerk on top.
>
> On the middle of the steering rack is a zerk which I have read  
> about both
> grease and oil for this area ????
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
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