RE: 200T Suspension Problem

[Albert Ng <alng@purdue.edu>]

This is probably not my case. I remember when I took the old rack out, the 
boot is still intact and was holding about a quart of pentosin inside. I 
inspected the old pentosin inside the boot and found a lot of tiny metal 
chips. 


Albert


On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> It's not exactly like that, as the mechanic who rebuilt my rack
> explained to me. The rack leaks because the internal seals fail. The
> rubber boot, which is already subjected to heat and age, now gets
> treated with Pentosin and cracks. Now the Pentosin drips onto the
> gearbox and expensive mechanics tell you you have a serious leak form
> transmission seals ;-) If you decide to rebuild the rack now, it usually
> needs just a new seal kit and boot. If you keep driving it in this
> condition, the water and dirt get in through the cracked boot and causes
> the gears to wear very quickly. 
> 
> Aleksander Mierzwa
> Warsaw, Poland
> mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
> 87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
> 88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
> 91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)
>