Thanks for this one, saved me a lot of stuffing around! Just so you know, the factory manual tells you to unbolt the diff and "rotate and jiggle" it until the rack goes through!
@@shahreef1 mines awd too, I had to jack the sump in the end, I think the engine mount might be cactus, As it moved a fair way. It's a turbo tho, so not looking forward to changing that one...
@@shahreef1 once the rack was in past the sump (the new rack still had to be spun and fiddled with to get the ears between the sump and crossmember), I lowered the engine and could still move the rack around enough to get the steering pinion u joint back together. Just get that u joint attached before you reconnect anything else.
Yeah i went very slow on and off, lowered the voltage and turned up the wire feed up so it would cook the rubbers. And yeah insurance wont be able to tell if anything happens it looks factory but been a month and holds up strong so far. The best idea is to replace the rack but that is more difficult on the driveway 😂
I got my good rack out of my wrecked territory by removing three bolts from the diff and then jacking up the engine after removing the engine mount nuts. I hope that it will go into the registered territory smoothly.
Hi Simon. Great video . Would it be easier to lock the steering with key before disassembly? Instead of using wire? I'm about to do the same job right now
Hi Simon. I attempted to replace the rack eventually . Unfortunately no success at all. After moving the diff as well. I used the old rack ( without the rack ends) just to see if I can gain access to manouver the pinion into place. It still can't get into position. Pity your video didn't show exactly how you did. I'm at a loss now
@@TheDingdong78 tried that its catching on the driver side , no space for the pinion to seat in that space. And that's with the old steering with the broken mount completely off.
I cannot for the life of me get the steering rod back on. 11:33. I've removed the two steering rack mount bolts so I have some play but there is not enough.
@@TheDingdong78 I used a carefully calculated combination of brute force and bloodymindedness and eventually got it on. Damn I hate working on this car.
