its towards the end of the steering rack and has a thin rubber hose connected to it. and does anyone know how hard these are to replace, mine is leaking slightly on the drivers side. thanks

 

Where? And what is it leaking?

 

its before the end of the tie-rod where the tie-rod connects by the hud, i cant see a tear in the boot but it does have some kind of oily grease below it

 

CV boot? Sounds like you need to replace your CV boots.

 

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no he's talking about the rack & pinion rubber boot.

 

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yes, is it just called a ball-joint boot or what? i found where it is torn, its very little but is still pushing out grease when i turn sharp

is it possible i can just seal it with some rtv silicon since it is so small?

 

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yes, is it just called a ball-joint boot or what? i found where it is torn, its very little but is still pushing out grease when i turn sharp

is it possible i can just seal it with some rtv silicon since it is so small?</TD></TR></TABLE>

just replace the thing. do you have the helms manual avaliable? if not http://www.helminc.com worth every penny.

 

Don't buy the one from MOOG (Part MO-K9863) They list it as the correct on for the Honda Civic '93 DX, it not even close, plus it has zip ties instead of the pictured metal clamps. Real rip off for the extra money you pay for the name.

 

thats odd, usually moog prices are in line with any decent part, if there is power steering fluid leaking out the boot, then it's a rack problem not a boot problem, they are dust boots, OP the hose is there to equalize air pressure between the two boots, as one is compressed and one extends. there should be no fluid in there, that means a rack seal is leaking

 

Off topic well kinda but I made the mistake of letting an alignment shop install my tie rods that I supplied from advance auto. since they had to align it either way. drove good with little steering play for a couple weeks and then loosened up to what it use to be. that was about 5 months ago and I just got access to a jack to change my oil. looked at em while I was doing this and the stock tie rods (black with some rust) were still on the car. the new ones were cast steel with no paint. who knows where the new ones went....probably on some other customers car....long story short I got ripped off hard and cant find either reciept

 

It is called a "Rack and Pinion Bellow"...

 

any fluid in those means the rack has to be rebuilt or replaced, usually due to the wrong fluid being put in at one point