The Mite
Part: 14
Rebuilding the Spindles and Rack and Pinion
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Here's the rack and pinion the way it came out of the car. The boots are shot and the rack will barely move. The inner joints feel good, no slop or play, so I decided to rebuild/ refurb the rack instead of replacing it. |
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Here's another shot of the rack out of the car. It was easy to take apart, clean, paint and re-assemble |
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The rack put back together with new boots and new tie-rod ends. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of the actual rebuilding |
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I sandblasted and repainted the sway bar links and the rack mounts, too. |
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The spindle assembly was in remarkably good shape for a 40 year old car. The kingpins had no play and everything looked good, So I disassembled everything, sandblasted and repainted it. |
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Here's the rebuilt spindles, ready for the car. |