Re: [alfa] 164 Steering Rack Mount

[Bernie & Diana Bennett <bennetts77833@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The one you couldn't remove is part of the rack<g> A new rack comes with 
this bushing, I'm told. No replacement bushing is available and I've 
been told the left bushing is hard to get too. I believe my mechanic 
made Milano rack bushings work. When I had the work done and waited for 
bushings for a couple of months, I almost posted to the disgest asking 
about others were doing for these bushings. So I guess I second your 
question with the revisions in the last sentence.

What does everyone else know about 164 steering rack bushings?

Best Wishes,
Bernie Bennett
Brenham, TX


Thomas Washburn wrote:


> I set out to replace the steering-rack bushings in my '91 164 
> this morning.  I removed the four bolts that secure the rack to 
> the subframe.  Then I removed both halves of the left side mount 
> and retrieved the old bushing.  But when I went to remove the 
> right side mount, it wouldn't come apart.
>
> Even with both bolts completely removed and the rack detached 
> from the subframe, the stamped-steel upper half of the mount 
> remained stuck to the cast-aluminum lower half.  And clamped 
> between the mount and the rack was the old bushing I was 
> attempting to replace.
>
> After several unsuccessful attempts to pry the mount apart, I
> decided to remove the entire rack for a closer look.  Removing a 
> 164 rack is hard enough WITHOUT a bulky right-side mount still 
> attached, but eventually I prevailed.
>
> This is what I found: the upper and lower halves of the mount 
> were held together by thin tubular liners pressed into the 
> through-holes for the attachment bolts.  The ends of the liners 
> were flared, keeping the entire mount together and capturing the 
> rubber bushing semi-permanently.  Only with the rack out of the
> car, and with a lot of elbow grease, could I seperate the mount
> halves in order to replace the bushing.
>
> My question: WTF is this nonsense?  Has anyone out there seen 
> this before?
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