i saw boots on thesamba.com for $18 each NOS.......

ted

Awsome! Thanks. By the way. If you need bearings let me know I have this place here in Austin TX. that can get just about any type of bearing. Once I have my rack apart I will let you know which ones are available and how much they are.

Hey Ted what about those pictures?

What substance or product would you recomend for removing all the old grease from the rack?

i pushed a rag thru the housing with a long wooden dowel rod and soaked the rag with penetrating oil a little first...... the rest of the parts i physically wiped all the old grease off.

pics are uploading now.

i was trying to post pictures.......... admin has to turn on IMG tags or something.

You could try posting them either as links to an image hosting site or as attachments wich will be restricted in size.

Here is the gallery at least.
Rack and Pinion

Great! Your pictures more or less tell the story. Only one question. Picture 2402. What is this little tube and where did it come from in relation to the rack? Heh all we need to do now is have some one sketch an exploded veiw of the rack and pinion for the super beetle.

Good work on the pics. :agree:

DOH, sorry about that.......... it is a piece of bronze bushing i used to knock stuff out like the pinion shaft.........

ps....exploded view......got me thinkin now.

An exploded veiw with a pictoral and written step by step would go a long way to helping our VW brothers and sisters in saving a huge amount of time and money. If you consider how hard it is to 1 find a rack in the fist place and 2 have it be in good shape. Plus if you find a good one they want to much for it. Forget rebuilt ones they often want way to much and are often rebuilt badly.

this is something i should be able to do in the near future. But i have to get my car back on the road first.


;) it is my daily driver and it's been layed up for almost 2 months

Totaly understand. That is why I just went out and got a whole other frame to work on and modd. That way I can just swap my body over when I am done.

Woo Hoo!! The boot arrived. Going to tear down my rack tomorrow. Going to replace every bearing in the thing and regrease it.