[DeTomaso] Steering Rack Bearings
robert stewart
rspink2012 at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 28 09:46:08 EDT 2010
A few weeks back John Taphorn and I removed the steering rack from my car hoping
for a relatively quick exercise of cleaning to up, painting adding the zerk and
lube. When we took the rack apart we found that top bearings that sit in an open
race where in many pieces.
After a quick consultation with Mike Drew there didn't appear to be a well know
replacement for the bearing.
John suggested I visit a good friend of Gray Gregory - Lars Nielsen at Motion
Industries in Houston. To say Lars was helpful would have been a huge
understatement. He took the rack measured the bits and pieces of the bearing and
race and identified a replacement suggesting a fully enclosed bearing instead of
the open one. In addition he took the rack into the backroom and worked with one
of his shop guys to remove the other bearing and race. It was quite a pain to
get out. Heck he even used a parts washer to clean up the rack. Can you say
"above and beyond".
The two bearings which are part number 1622 ZZ cost me about $4 each and are
fantastic. The rack turns very easily and even though the bearings are sealed
the lubricate that we put in through the zerk is still able to move throughout
the rack as intended.
Thanks to Gray, Lars and John.
Rob
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