| Looking at the cylinder while it is still
mounted on the car, you can see why it needed rebuilt. It
was leaking quite a bit, leaving spots of fluid on my
garage floor. Getting it off the car was cut and dry; had
to remove the fluid lines and cylinder rod that attached
to the frame on the drivers side of the car. The most
stubborn part of the job was seperating the cylinder from
the steering linkage (indicated with the red arrow). I
used heat, brute force and WD-40 to get it off. More of a
pain than removing a ball joint. |
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| The cylinder off the car prior to cleaning it
up. |
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| I disassembled the cylinder and layed out the
parts in the order I removed them in. My manual doesn't
mention the order of the parts for reassembly, nor does
the rebuild kit. At least it isn't clear which parts are
which. Another error/omission is it states that the rod
can be removed. I found this not to be true on mine; it
is sealed inside of the cylinder. The only parts replaced
in the cylinder are the ones seen here, plus a couple of
minor parts on the ball stud end of the cylinder (the
part that connects to the steering linkage) and some
rubber bushing for where the rod connects to the frame. |
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| The finished product. Only a couple hours
work including bleeding the system after reassembly. Cost
around $30. |
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