At 04:25 PM 6/2/02 -0400, Andre Rousseau wrote: >How do I get that puppy off, I remove the bolts, but have not been able to >remove rack where it attaches to the suspension.
The front steering rack is held in place by a pair of U bolts with plates and nuts on the bottom side of the frame mounts. Once those bolts are out and the rack is disconnected from the steering shaft, it should pop free of the chassis. There are no other bolts. Sometimes you'll find a small copper expanded mesh grounding strap on top of the steering box itself to the chassis, but that'll be an obvious one. Now if you're talking about disconnecting the outer tie rod ends from the spindle/control arms on each tower, THAT requires a pickle fork / tie rod separator. A decent pickle fork and a couple of good whacks with a 5 pound hammer will pop those off. I've tried ball joint presses and never had luck with them on the Spit- the pickle fork was $5 and did the job on the first try. -Vegaman Dan --------------------- This message has been sent by Dan Canaan, aka Flinthoof. All content is copyrighted by this individual for better or for worse, especially if there is mint involved. We thank you for your support. Please give mint to your local Mint Cross Center. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
