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Subject:Rebuilding manual steering rack?
From:jbclem1
Date:Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:59:42 -0700

I have a 1983 Westphalia with a manual (not power) steering rack.  There's a lot of play on the passenger side, and the
play is coming from a point just inside the rack itself, where the passenger side tie rod goes into the steering rack
body.   I can grab the tie rod and move it up and down right at the point where it disappears into the steering rack
body.  The tie rod end itself is fine, no play, and easy to replace if it does go bad.

It doesn't look like it woud be hard to rebuilt if I could find the part(s).  And some instructions also.  Has anyone
tried this, could someone direct me to instructions?  I know it's not that hard to find information and parts for the
power steering racks, but the manual ones seem to be in a different category.

John

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