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Polarsilver wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:05 am Steering Rack "Bush" on left hand side was cause when over a pot hole on one of mine.. just a sod of a job to change with the rack in position

On my car the play and consequent knocking from this bush was very apparent to a passenger with their foot on the toeboard especially in the area of the nuts securing the steering rack retaining u-bolt on that side.

This thread includes a link to a guide to changing the bush in situ: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28744&p=245801&hili ... sh#p245801

Not sure I'm still on topic. Yesterday I stripped a 67 Cooper S Hydro front sub. It appears the brackets are held in place by two maybe 6/32 machine screws. Once brackets removed the hydro bag still needed rotating slightly to remove. As for off end rack play I have been machining bushings using nylon, Delrin and oil-lite bronze. I have one of each bushed, lubed and booted waiting for a need. Steve (CTR)

IslandBlue wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 1:30 pm

Polarsilver wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:05 am Steering Rack "Bush" on left hand side was cause when over a pot hole on one of mine.. just a sod of a job to change with the rack in position

On my car the play and consequent knocking from this bush was very apparent to a passenger with their foot on the toeboard especially in the area of the nuts securing the steering rack retaining u-bolt on that side.

This thread includes a link to a guide to changing the bush in situ: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28744&p=245801&hili ... sh#p245801

Yesterday I changed the bush on the steering rack and now the knocking noise has stopped.
Thanks for the input.

As I do not have access to a lathe I used this as the bush.
https://ukwhitelineperformance.com/prod ... ushing-kit

Hopefully this will last as long as the previous one!!!