Rack n pinion rebuild or replace? 84 Lebaron

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Re: Rack n pinion rebuild or replace? 84 Lebaron

Postby stevek » Sun May 17, 2015 3:55 am

adben wrote:TRW has a screw in dust cap, Saginaw has a pressed in one. You will know it when you see it. If there is some big threaded cap on the main housing, Its a TRW.


I'm in the process of this procedure right now, I removed the dust boot and hoped that it would become clear whether I had the TRW and Saginaw but it's not. The problem is I don't understand what a "dust cap" is - is it the same as a Dust Boot? I ask because my dust boot is neither screwed on or pressed on; it has a band that clamps it to the housing, like this:
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Or is the Dust Cap something different?
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Re: Rack n pinion rebuild or replace? 84 Lebaron

Postby Dodgeman64 » Fri May 20, 2016 1:15 pm

I've replaced a few of those racks back in the 90's. I had a garage and a nice lift to use. Wish I had that stuff now. Laying on the ground isn't gonna be as much fun to do the job. I have the same free play as the OP and maybe I will just see if I can get away with just a tie rod. The rack doesn't leak so maybe I will get lucky.
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