Steering Rack/Pinion..hard to replace? 87gl wgn 4wd

[pmichaud]

Anything strange or difficult about swapping this out?

 

 

 

Thanks in Advance

 

 

Paul

[KStretch55]

I did one once, several years ago. The only thing I recall was that you need to be sure to have a puller for the tie-rod ends. Don't use a pickle fork to split them. It will ruin the rubber boots.

[heep70]

I just swapped out my manual rack for a PS rack. It was easy. The boots on the ends are pretty thick. I used a pickle fork and made it without ripping the boots. If you have a puller that would be the way to go.

[MilesFox]

you can use a hammer to whack the side of the ball tie rod end, and tap on the knucle where it goes thru, and a lot of times this will pop it out