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i managed to crush my power steering lines when i did an engine swap, so need to change racks now also.
can this be done with the engine and trans bolted in? any tips/tricks or things i will need to look out for? any help would be great as i've never pulled one out of a falcon before and would like to learn all i need before doing it, not while im doing it lol
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cant you just change the crushed lines???
If not, Pull the cat off, i think u drop the sway bar. Undo steering shaft (10mm), Two rack nuts and tie rod ends. Lines are lil tricky but nothin too serious. |
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all you gotta do is undo the steering shaft, take the wheels off, unbolt tie rod ends, undo a couple of bolts and undo the line and it should drop down. i done this a few weekends back on a mates el wagon.
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eboost wrote: cant you just change the crushed lines??? If not, Pull the cat off, i think u drop the sway bar. Undo steering shaft (10mm), Two rack nuts and tie rod ends. Lines are lil tricky but nothin too serious. The lines need a 19mm spanner iirc to undo them from the rack. Drop the sway bar as stated Unplug the idle up switch Unbolt the steering shaft Unbolt the power steer lines from the rack head Undo tie rod end nuts, note position on rack threads for later Undo the 2 bolts that hold rack to sub frame Wiggle it towards the rear of the car & it will drop out of the frame. Installing is a reversal of the process. Not too hard, just a tad fiddly, and you may need a short 19mm spanner, when i installed the rack on my v8 i had to cut a spanner down to do the job. Cheers ToranaGuy
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also if you get a rack off another car and want to use the tie rod ends off the donor car don't leave the tie rod ends on the rack and don't adjust them and if the other cars steering was good you won't need a wheel alignment
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jerrytorry wrote: also if you get a rack off another car and want to use the tie rod ends off the donor car don't leave the tie rod ends on the rack and don't adjust them and if the other cars steering was good you won't need a wheel alignment I think you mean leave the tie rod ends on the rack, take them off the stub axel. Yes that will keep a reasonable alignment, at least good enough to drive the car for a proper alignment. Cheers ToranaGuy
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jerrytorry wrote: also if you get a rack off another car and want to use the tie rod ends off the donor car don't leave the tie rod ends on the rack and don't adjust them and if the other cars steering was good you won't need a wheel alignment no! just count the turns your tie rod ends when you undo them. |
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ToranaGuy wrote: jerrytorry wrote: also if you get a rack off another car and want to use the tie rod ends off the donor car don't leave the tie rod ends on the rack and don't adjust them and if the other cars steering was good you won't need a wheel alignment I think you mean leave the tie rod ends on the rack, take them off the stub axel. Yes that will keep a reasonable alignment, at least good enough to drive the car for a proper alignment. Cheers ToranaGuy yea i did mean what you said, i just didn't read over what i typed
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Lol pretty easy just replaced it yesterday. Make sure u do a wheel alignment afterwoods!
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eboost wrote: jerrytorry wrote: also if you get a rack off another car and want to use the tie rod ends off the donor car don't leave the tie rod ends on the rack and don't adjust them and if the other cars steering was good you won't need a wheel alignment no! just count the turns your tie rod ends when you undo them. If the donor car's tie rod ends are good, it's easier to leave them on the rack undisturbed and swap them over into the car receiving the rack. Especially if you have driven the donor car & know it has a pretty good alignment. Counting turns & putting your tie rod ends onto the "new rack" is rather fiddly, but it can turn out ok. Never has for me tho.  Cheers ToranaGuy
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lol its ok guys i will get an allignment and i dont mind driving crooked to a workshop.
are the lines able to be replaced though? mine are well crushed and i didnt see any way for the lines to be replaced without changing racks?
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misk_one wrote: lol its ok guys i will get an allignment and i dont mind driving crooked to a workshop. are the lines able to be replaced though? mine are well crushed and i didnt see any way for the lines to be replaced without changing racks? Yes mate, lines are easy if you have the right spanner. They undo from the rack head, and then you remove the low pressure rubber hose from the metal line, and the high pressure hose comes off at the pump & the rack head. Easy. Cheers ToranaGuy
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May also wanna think of replacing the power steering switch??
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whats the power steering switch?
i'll head to the wreckers this weekend and get it sorted. i was thinking it would be a heap harder but doesnt sound too bad. will be good having powr steering again, its so fkn hard to drive without it haha
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misk_one wrote: whats the power steering switch? i'll head to the wreckers this weekend and get it sorted. i was thinking it would be a heap harder but doesnt sound too bad. will be good having powr steering again, its so fkn hard to drive without it haha It's a big switch, that is a common leakage point, it will cause your 6cyl to speed up it's idle when you turn the steering, so the engine doesn't stall. Cheers ToranaGuy
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