[V8] Steering rack q's

[Jeremy Ward]

Hey Nate.  As a baseline, Blau has the non-servo for $300 and the
servotronic for $325 (both remanufactured).  As you know you can go
used (AudiConnection, Semple, etc), but I believe you can also buy a
rebuild kit and new boot; I think you just might be handy enough to
DIY, but if there isn't a huge price delta, I would go with a
remanufactured one ;-)

Not sure if Erickson Industries in CT sells reman ZF racks or not (I
know they do ZF transmissions)...  Might be cheaper to go through
them.

HTH,

- Jeremy

On 8/15/05, Nate Stuart <newt at motorgeek.com> wrote:
> Bummer, didn't even think of the o-ring vs. crush washer aspect.
> 
> Who's got a cheap rack kicken around?? :-D Aside from that I may just
> get creative with the high pressure end, all else being equal.
> 
> -Nate
> '89 90v8ttq
> '90 v8q
> 
> 
> Dave Head wrote:
> 
> > You need a later rack. The hose connections on the new rack have
> > different sealing surfaces.
> >
> > Nate Stuart wrote:
> >
> >> I recently picked up an el-cheapo '90 V8 that I'm slowly rebuilding
> >> for daily driver use. Doesn't need that much, but one thing is
> >> desperately needs is a new steering rack. The current rack has
> >> basically no boot left, and appears to have been this way for some
> >> time, there's tons of slop in it, and it's hemorrhaging all over the
> >> exhaust as well.
> >>
> >> My question: Can a 5ktq rack that I have kicking around be swapped in
> >> directly, or will I find some oddity in there requiring the later
> >> rack? I'm not concerned if the current rack is servotronic or not.
> >> Just if it'll physically work.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> -Nate
> >> '89 90v8ttq
> >> '90 v8q
> >>
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