type 44 steering rack replacement

[Kurt Deschler]

The times that I have seen clouds of pentosin mist were due to the metal 
line from the bomb to the brake servo rusting through. The steering is 
much lower pressure and more likely to just drip.

If you take the rack hoses off, clean around the rack fittings with a 
pressure washer or hose before you take anything apart. Dirt seems to 
accumulate there on the firewall and get on your hands while you are 
trying to maneuver the banjo bolts into place.

 	-Kurt
 	87 5kcstq
 	89 200tq
 	00 s4

> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:59:37 -0400
> From: Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>
> Subject: Re: type 44 steering rack replacement
> To: "Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>,	<quattro at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <4.1.20050620145635.010ad8b8 at pop.coslink.net>
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> Get to the lines from above.  Do one at a time so you don't plug them into
> the wrong places.   Lots of postings in the archives about replacing them.
> Best tricks I've seen:  Use long extensions and go at the hose bolts from
> the passenger wheelwell;  and wind some thread around the bolt so you can
> pull on it to turn the bolt back into the rack while holding a little
> finger pressure on it.
>
> The racket could be from the high pressure hose.