Rack and Pinion steering broke today....??

[Tchao]

Hey guys,
Today I was backing up into my driveway and I turn the wheel right to aline the car....the wheel stop turning like it was caught on something. Then I tried it again but harder and I heard a pop/crank.....I looked and everythiing was fine.

But then I look underheath the car, the passenger "CV type" boot has a nice chuck of metal pierced right though it. Both wheels still turns fine.

Is it safe to drive still?
Can I find these at a junk yard?
Is it easy to replace since I am a novice DIY'er....?

Thanks guys, you're a great help to me
San

[m3lawdawg]

From your description it sounds like a broken tie rod. Very easy to replace.
Just make sure you replace both sides at the same time.

[carman]

yes very cheap ( new ) uk £8.00 aprox $16 each tools needed are 16mm spanner to hold the rear part to stop the lot from moveing and 17mm for the main nut mine were corroded bad so I used the angle grinder on them "much faster" :wink:

[TriFlow]

I just replaced my rack boots with VW gti cv boots :D

[carman]

yep same items with diffo numbers "bmw/merc/audi" and a few more use them

[carman]

see it look at it measure it and if the specs fit then fit it, its only a cv boot

[BS87]

Who deleted my post? All i said was noone mentioned he needs to replace the boot too, since it has a big piece of metal sticking through it.

[carman]

shockin isnt it and all you said is it had to have a boot in it with a large lump of metal :lol: :wink:

[Tchao]

Shit man...I will start a new thread..found out the problem :x

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