Rebuilding/ resealing a c900 steering rack. DIYable?
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:46 pm
I've been away a long, long time, but the time has come to get my c900t back up and running.
The first big thing on my hit list is addressing the steering rack leak. It's had an on and off leak from the boots as long as I've owned it.
Today I began the process of getting it road worthy again after years of storage. It went really well except for the fact that it pissed all its steering fluid in the first five minutes of idling in the driveway.
Since it's been an intermittent problem in the past, I'd like to think it only needs seals on the rack gear.
Is this something that I can do without special tools or equipment? Rockauto does have seal kits listed, and I work with hydraulics professionally, so I suspect it's worth trying.
The first big thing on my hit list is addressing the steering rack leak. It's had an on and off leak from the boots as long as I've owned it.
Today I began the process of getting it road worthy again after years of storage. It went really well except for the fact that it pissed all its steering fluid in the first five minutes of idling in the driveway.
Since it's been an intermittent problem in the past, I'd like to think it only needs seals on the rack gear.
Is this something that I can do without special tools or equipment? Rockauto does have seal kits listed, and I work with hydraulics professionally, so I suspect it's worth trying.