I couldn’t find any good before pictures of the steering rack, but I did find a picture of the suspension assembly with the steering rack in it when I originally took it out of the car.
I guess I must have lost some pictures from around this time, because I also can’t find the disassembly and reassembly of the steering rack.
But what I did was, took it apart, cleaned and re-greased all the parts, followed the same process to refinish the outside and put the entire assembly back together. I installed all new bushings and tie rod ends as well.
The boots on either end however, were just refurbished since they were in good physical shape.
Once done, I attached the steering rack to the cross member in the car. Here’a before and after shot for comparison.
I also found these uni-washers or whatever they’re called, bent them flat, repainted them and put them on the car.
Then I put the tires back on and called the front end complete for the time being.
I did take a break from refurbishing parts and installed sound deadening on the floor boards for a change of pace though.
And as usual, I didn’t think to paint the seat supports until after.
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