Hello Boyd Drew
When the Corrado pedal cluster is used
the GTI double jointed connecting shaft between the bottom of the
steering column and the rack ends up being about 1/4 of an inch short. I
dealt with this problem by cutting the shaft in half and adding a sleeve
of 3/4 inch ID heavy wall steel tube over the shaft. The sleeve is
held in place with two AN type thru bolts. Interestingly this same
arrangement is used on the GLX but the GLX shaft cannot be used since the
spline on the rack end is coarser than the one for the GTI.
Lotsa Luck Eric
85GTI with VR6 Power
speaking of swapping steering
racks...
can anyone confirm that the steering column is a different length for
the
power rack than it is for the manual one??
I was bolting in a manual rack in my former power rack-ed car and the
column
u joint will not reach the splined shaft on the rack.
it misses it by about 1/8{quot} making it about 3/4{quot} or so too
short. yanking on
the column thinking that it was puched in seemed to do nithing. and yes
the
rack is mounted to the subframe correctly. ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Schumacher
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:44 PM
To: Les Noriel; 16v list
Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Another Tool search
In the distant past I purchased the same VW puller as shown in
Bentely
from JC Whitney for $15. Also available from SnapOn man for big bux.
Worth
every penny. Maks task trivial. Similar can be borrowed from
Kragen.
Eric
At 08:29 AM 9/2/02 -0700, Les Noriel wrote:
>I am replacing the manual steering rack on my 16V project car with a
power
>steering rack from a donor car. I am searching for the small tool
that
>seperates the tierod ends from the hub carriers. I don't want to use
a
>hammer or a pickle fork because I want to keep the tierod ends
intact. I
>tried a gear puller and a steering wheel puller. Neither tool can
maintain
a
>grip on the hub carrier.
>
>I have borrowed the correct VW tool in the past but I cannot seem to
find
>one anywhere now. Does anyone know where to find this tool?
>
>Thanks
>
>Les
>
>
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