Steering Rack Failure

[ajm]

Originally Posted by ShadeTek

I did this by leaving the front and rear wheels on the ground, loosening off the front suspension bolts, removing the rear suspension bolts(on the front chassis) and then jacking the car up leaving the running gear on the ground. I could then get a gap at the back of the chassis to wangle the rack out.

That's what I was envisaging when I last had the car on a ramp. Always nice to hear confirmation that it's a method that works though :-) Still sounds like a bit of a faff but it was never going to be easy :-|

Originally Posted by ShadeTek

I must point out I did this at my friends place as he has a pit I could use. It makes life a lot easier.

I guessed that - either that, or you're considerably thinner than me (and I'm not exactly fat!) Fortunately I can get the car up on a ramp too - I can't see the job being possible otherwise.

Originally Posted by ShadeTek

Where I get my MOTs done said a leaking rack is an MOT fail. Can anyone verify this?

I can't confirm it, but I'd not be surprised. I was fully expecting it to fail last time round but fortunately it was a very wet day so there wasn't much evidence of the leak. It's not a huge leak anyway - if it were, I'd have sorted it by now.

Cheers,

AJ