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I replaced p/s boot by "counting threads" method >
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Posted by Micah in NC (more from Micah in NC) on Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:53:32 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Power Steering Rack Boot, Kevin A, Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:59:50
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Kevin,

I had the passenger's side power steering boot rot to brittleness last year on my '84 900S.

I didn't have much money at the time, so I simply ordered the boot, jacked up the pass. wheel (use jackstands), removed wheel, noted the number of threads left exposed on the tie rod, undid the locknut on the tie rod end, and turned the tie rod with pliers (vice grips) until it was out of the tie rod end.

Then you undo the clamps, slide the (remnants) of the old boot off the tie rod, slip the big clamp over the big end of the boot, slide both up the tie rod toward the rack but wait to clamp it to steering rack (that was the hard part for me). Re-install the tie rod into tie rod end (screw it back in until the same # of threads are showing). If you try to clamp the boot on the rack or the tie rod before screwing the assembly into the tie rod end, the rod will cause you grief (it doesn't want to rotate inside the boot, which you've clamped in place on the rack). I recommend waiting until the tie rod is back in place before clamping the boot.

P.S. The "counting threads" method should work if your new tie rod end has the same (threaded) length as the old part. Hold them side by side to make sure.

You might want to get it aligned by the next oil change or two any how (3K-6K miles).

Hope this helps!

--Micah in NC

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