laloquera916

Sonna of biskit! I just installed my rack & pinion, but notice a small slit in my passenger boot. It must of happened while I installed it, its a quarter of inch long between the ripples. Can I patch it up or rotate the boot for the slit to face up instead of facing down and leak out ps fluid. Help help, Im almost done with this job, but this has me at a stand still at the moment.

djkurious

Replace the boot.

holmesnmanny

It isn't power steering fluid in those boots its grease. You might be able to patch it up with rtv. Just shoot it really good with brake cleaner to clean out any grease. Then gently hit it with some rtv and let it cure for a full day or two. Check back the next day and gently nudge it and see if it holds up. It might. It needs to be completely grease and oil free or it won't stick to the boot. It might be wise to gently rub it with some sandpaper to rough it up so the rtv can stick better.

laloquera916

What color rtv, blue?

holmesnmanny

in this case it won't matter which one you use..the grease in that boot won't get hot enough to matter

Fitz Williams

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Replacing the boot is not all that difficult, it's just that you will need to get the toe adjusted after you do it. Unless you are really, really careful and really really good.

Lost Again

They are replacing the rack so I would hope they are getting an alignment any way

laloquera916

Apparently, the boot does not hold any ps fluid, it purpose is to keep dust and dirt out. I nailed this job yesterday and took it in to have alignment done. It takes a lot of time and patients. I had to drop my entire down pipe all the way to my muffler, it was not as bad as I thought it would be.
The DIY sticky, at cb7tunner, help out to a certain degree, but needs to upgraded or revise.
Thanks to all that gave back positive feedback, much appreciated.

holmesnmanny

For anyone that reads this in the future...it is possible to simply count the number of revolutions you spin the outer tie rod off and to put it back exactly the same way to avoid needing to do an alignment afterwards.