Steering Rack Bushes

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:03 pm

All,

Bushes recieved today, I had to go to ParcelFarce office 30 miles away as they wanted me to pay VAT on the import from US!

Anyhow, bushes now available, Â£21 each as promised.

Postage - 1 or 2 bushes together Â£1.50 in UK or Finland for 'fille'.

Please pay my PayPal account c.weedon@ntlworld.com and please make sure you include a name and address for postage.
'fille' I have your postal address already.

If you don't have a PayPal account PM me and we'll sort something out.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:10 pm

First 6 gone, three left - plus one for me.

Post by **balmy** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:11 pm

Mine came in the post today-Thanks Chris! :mrgreen:

Number 63 · Post by **Number 63** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:46 am

Got mine yesterday, cheers Chris.

Post by **balmy** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:07 pm

Fitting was included in the price Chris wasn't it?

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:43 am

Sorry?

Fille · Post by **Fille** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:31 pm

Two bushes arrived in Finland today, thank you Chris!

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:20 pm

You are welcome.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:05 pm

I stripped and rebuilt a Mk1 steering rack with the new polyurethane bush last weekend whilst at the Restoration Show, it took about two and a half hours, start to finish. I had the use of a genuine BL workshop manual which describes the process in detail, there's nothing in the Haynes manual on this at all.

Not terribly difficult, you just have to be methodical.

A few tips;

1. Be careful when levering up the peened sections of the locking collar, as you are going to need it again and re-peen it in the same place.
2. You'll need two sets of mole-grips/stilsons etc. to unlock the locking section from the steering arm retainer.
3. To drift out the old bush, use an 11/16ths socket inside the rack casing.
4. Don't worry about the shimming instructions, just be careful to put back what you took out when you dismantled the rack.
5. The correct lubricant is SAE 90 Gear Oil, not grease, it goes in through the hole in the middle of the top of the rack casing.

I have scanned the BL Manual pages and provided links to them below, so you can have a go yourselves.

Manual Page 1

Manual Page 2

Manual Page 3

Donsayers · Post by **Donsayers** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:11 pm

You can pour the oil in through the rack centring hole, but it is much easier to pour it in through the pinion end whilst you have the bellows off. Just make sure you have the bellows on the other end fitted first.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:24 pm

Good call.

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Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:26 pm

Fille,

Did you ever fit your rack bushes?

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marinadiesel · Post by **marinadiesel** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:17 am

Hi to everyone,

Are these steering rack bushes still available or collecting orders in order to make another batch? I will be interested in acquiring one or two. Thanks a lot

Regards,

Chris

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:37 pm

Yes I recently got some more so I can help.

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:51 pm

wish i had seen this sooner i bodge my ones with a rubber pipe and the middle out of a tape :roll:

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