Steering Rack
The steering rack is what helps turn the wheels of the vehicle. It comprises of many components but two of the most important pieces is the rack & pinion.
The pinion is a gear that engages on the gear called the rack, The pinion would be the most interesting part out of the steering rack.
This has several small holes in it & rotates to open up each hole to let oil through to lubricate each movement.
(Right) we have the right hand side boot & tie rod end.
(left) Is the left hand side tie rod end and boot.
The boot helps keep the lubricant from leaking out.
The tie rod connects to a spindle or steering arm.
(Left) is of the, inner ball joint, tire rod end & the housing.
The housing is what holds the pinion & allows the oil to flow through to the right parts.
(Right) is of the right hand side ball joint & the tire rod.
The ball joint allows the tire rod to move as the suspension moves up & down.
(Left) is of the housing & all so the oil lines the feed the oil down to the rack.
Also the pic below is showing the oil lines running down along the housing.
(left) is the housing which has been dissembled.
The pinion gear has been removed & the oil line.
When I say oil lines I mean power steering oil.
The power steering lines been removed & also the left hand side boot.
The pinion gear is to the left,
The pinion gear allows the rack to turn, when this action is applied the top half of this part will turn to open & close off the tiny holes to allow the lubricant through.
To remove the rack from the body, the lock washer & the rack bush both need to be removed.
In our case we had to drill a small hole through the body just above the lock washer to pop it out, after that the rack bush just slid out then rack arm needed to be slightly taped out.
(Right) is of us checking the ovality of the rack, This is to find out if the rack has been bent or not.
Once all parts have been checked & replaced if needed to be replaced then we could put it back together, Our steering rack was in good condition!
The pinion is a gear that engages on the gear called the rack, The pinion would be the most interesting part out of the steering rack.
This has several small holes in it & rotates to open up each hole to let oil through to lubricate each movement.
(Right) we have the right hand side boot & tie rod end.
(left) Is the left hand side tie rod end and boot.
The boot helps keep the lubricant from leaking out.
The tie rod connects to a spindle or steering arm.
(Left) is of the, inner ball joint, tire rod end & the housing.
The housing is what holds the pinion & allows the oil to flow through to the right parts.
(Right) is of the right hand side ball joint & the tire rod.
The ball joint allows the tire rod to move as the suspension moves up & down.
(Left) is of the housing & all so the oil lines the feed the oil down to the rack.
Also the pic below is showing the oil lines running down along the housing.
The pinion gear has been removed & the oil line.
When I say oil lines I mean power steering oil.
The power steering lines been removed & also the left hand side boot.
The pinion gear allows the rack to turn, when this action is applied the top half of this part will turn to open & close off the tiny holes to allow the lubricant through.
In our case we had to drill a small hole through the body just above the lock washer to pop it out, after that the rack bush just slid out then rack arm needed to be slightly taped out.
(Right) is of us checking the ovality of the rack, This is to find out if the rack has been bent or not.
Once all parts have been checked & replaced if needed to be replaced then we could put it back together, Our steering rack was in good condition!
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