[V8] 14 hours to remove rack?

[Maurice Greven]

Obviously he didn't do as the book states.. REMOVE THE Upper bell housing
bolt to gain clearance past the bolt head... I removed it by myself in about
3-4 hrs. and I am an old fat guy, who only occasionally works on cars....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of pdlord at talent.com.au
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:50 PM
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] 14 hours to remove rack?
> 
> This is what my pwr steer expert claims he has spent to get out the rack.
> Hmmm,
> given it is 1-3 hours from what I hear (even for RHD cars, like mine) what
> has
> happened here?
> 
> He claims he simply couldn't get the 2-inch clearance to move rack forward
> (towards front of car) and thus clear the rack 'head' (where it bolts onto
> column) without first dropping back of the transmission. He had to remove
> rack
> out of the LEFT wheel well. Huh? Only thing I can think of is he didn't
> twist
> rack to get it out.
> 
> I kinda whish I tackled the job now, as hard as it may have been, as I'd
> spend
> the time to make sure it was right...
> 
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