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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 04:22 AM
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My steering rack is leaking at the rod joint. It's not a very bad leak but I want to fix it. I did a search on changing out seals or if need be the rack. Every post I found regarding how to change the rack, has no usefull info. Does anyone have any info on changing the seals or the rack out on an F-bod. How bad of a job is it? Any helpfull hints?

By the way, I know someone is going to say "Get a manual rack blah blah blah...."

I'm not looking to spend that kind of money and don't really see the point of a manual rack besides weight saving.
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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I did it and it was harder that i was expecting. The overall work was not that bad, but one of the two bolts that goes to the crossmember hits the motor when you try to take it out. I loosened the motor and jacked it up and it still did not come out. Finally i took a sawzall and cut the bolt out. Once it was out, pulling the rack was easy. I will try and find you the thread that i used for help.

bTW , you would probably need someone to help you as it will be easier with two or three people.
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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I've changed a rack in a fbody before but not w/ a V8. It shouldn't be any harder though.
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