Help needed - steering rack reinstall
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I just removed my PS rack to replace with a depowered rack, and put in new tie rod ends while im at it.
However, when attempting to reinstall the rack into the car, I can't for the life of me get the damn steering shaft back into the splined hole coming out from the firewall. I removed the u joint from the rack and attempted to get it back in that way, but it kept moving on me when i would strike it with a hammer. The shaft itself seems to be stuck inside the u joint so I cant separate the two to try and simply hammer just the shaft back in first.
What do you guys typically do to get the rack back in?
However, when attempting to reinstall the rack into the car, I can't for the life of me get the damn steering shaft back into the splined hole coming out from the firewall. I removed the u joint from the rack and attempted to get it back in that way, but it kept moving on me when i would strike it with a hammer. The shaft itself seems to be stuck inside the u joint so I cant separate the two to try and simply hammer just the shaft back in first.
What do you guys typically do to get the rack back in?
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Ahh, my intermediate shaft was stuck into the u-joint on the rack as well. Besides loosening it up with a screw driver and spraying it with liquid wrench I pulled the u-joint off the rack side, this one should come off easy since its covered in grease and the boot. Then clamped it in a vice and used a big punch and hammer to hammer the intermediate shaft out. Also good ******* luck getting the intermediate shaft back into the collapsible section of the column with both plastic pieces.
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Ahh, my intermediate shaft was stuck into the u-joint on the rack as well. Besides loosening it up with a screw driver and spraying it with liquid wrench I pulled the u-joint off the rack side, this one should come off easy since its covered in grease and the boot. Then clamped it in a vice and used a big punch and hammer to hammer the intermediate shaft out. Also good ******* luck getting the intermediate shaft back into the collapsible section of the column with both plastic pieces.
As far as getting it back into the column..idk why its so hard.
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