Re: 5k rack survey, '86-'88.

[Audial <Audial@aol.com>]

I bought my '86 5KCSTQ with 93K mi. on the clock.

It had a newly installed ZF-remanufactured hydraulic pump (I wonder how much
the o-rings cost ZF?) and a replacement rack at the time of purchase, along
with a new clutch, clutch hydraulics, alternator and exhaust (Ansa).  

The rack on my dad's 86 5K wagon seemed to last a little longer - it started
hemorraging at about 125,000 miles.

All that I can hope is that the shop that did the work was savvy and installed
a stainless-sleeved remanufactured rack in place of the old one.  

(You know, just as an aside, it's funny to me that older Corvettes from the
time of the introduction of 4-wheel disc brakes in 1965 (?) leaked like sieves
from all 16 pistons after about, say, 50,000 miles or several years, until a
cottage industry grew up around sleeving the caliper bores with stainless
steel.  You should have seen the crap that was inside the piston bores of the
front calipers of my '68 when I took them apart.  Looks like the same stuff
that comes out of an old steam-heat radiator).  

Is Pentosin hydroscopic?

Best Wishes,
Alex