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Ian_Fearn
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by Ian_Fearn 09 Jan 2007, 17:43
I need 4 new steering rack mounting bushes and a steering arm which apparently has some play in it.
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toomanytoys
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by toomanytoys 09 Jan 2007, 17:54
mounting bushes.. get some of the brickwerks ones..
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by Ian_Fearn 09 Jan 2007, 17:59
According to the MOT tester (VW main dealer) the play is in a knuckle that is part of the arm, not at the ball joint.
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by toomanytoys 09 Jan 2007, 18:14
OK, then that can be removed from the rack.. its in the rack boot... got a feeling they are about 45 quid, but might want to check if its the same as a 2wd...
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by Ian_Fearn 09 Jan 2007, 18:24
Does anybody know where i can get one from??
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by stuckin88 09 Jan 2007, 20:17
-Sorry to hear that Ian--mine sailed straight thru last week--
but if you got it tested at a VW main dealer--would'nt they have a clue where you could get the part--ie them?--
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by KarlT 09 Jan 2007, 20:20
stuckin88 wrote: -Sorry to hear that Ian--mine sailed straight thru last week--
Lets just rub it in shall we!
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by stuckin88 09 Jan 2007, 20:30
KarlT wrote: stuckin88 wrote: -Sorry to hear that Ian--mine sailed straight thru last week--
Lets just rub it in shall we!
---I think theres a slight private joke in there somewhere------
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by T'Onion 09 Jan 2007, 20:48
Ian phone Si brickyard and get a quote from him ... i had to replace my upper wishbones on mine and wished i'd taken it to him cos he knows his onions and his prices are very fair and would have save me getting my loverly nursie hands all mucky ( and getting told off by matron)
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by Ian_Fearn 09 Jan 2007, 21:53
I might just ask GSF to order me one in and i'll see if its right.
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by SyncroSam 10 Jan 2007, 07:19
if you do, i would imagine this is what you would get, well obviously it would be new.
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by cumbriankeith 10 Jan 2007, 09:28
But I'd call that a track rod end whereas it seems what is worn is the other end, inside the rack assembly.
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by T'Onion 10 Jan 2007, 10:56
Ian_Fearn wrote: I might just ask GSF to order me one in and i'll see if its right.
lol so i'm i but when Simon told me how much he would have done them for me , i kicked me sen , Still trial and error is alway the best and cheapest way
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by cumbriankeith 10 Jan 2007, 14:05
Is this what you need?
JK £30
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by Ian_Fearn 10 Jan 2007, 18:08
Have ordered the bits from GSF today. I pulled the rack off in about 35 minutes which was a doddle.
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but if you got it tested at a VW main dealer--would'nt they have a clue where you could get the part--ie them?--
