Happy Sunday
Having some hangups with the rack bushings on my 89 GT vert. A few weekends ago I replaced A arms and inner/ outer tie rods, but found that the rack bushings are mush. So ordered a set of poly replacements.
First I lifted the front, disconnected the steering shaft up by the firewall since I couldn't get to the bolts down by the rag joint. Then loosened the nuts on the rack holding bolts. One came off easy but the other, the stud started to spin, so I had to vicegrip the stud and twist off the nut. But then I couldn't get the rack to budge. Tried a little hammer to loosen it, tried to pry it, tried to extract the washer and bushing off the stud. No dice.
So I just bolted everything back up cause I need to drive this week. But what am I missing? First off, is it bad that the stud was twisting? It got super tight when I put the nut back on, but is that normal? And what's the trick to sliding the rack forward to replace the bushings? Do those studs come off or does the rack slide far enough forward to replace the rear bushing? It seemed easy in theory but a bit lost.
Thanks in advance!
Having some hangups with the rack bushings on my 89 GT vert. A few weekends ago I replaced A arms and inner/ outer tie rods, but found that the rack bushings are mush. So ordered a set of poly replacements.
First I lifted the front, disconnected the steering shaft up by the firewall since I couldn't get to the bolts down by the rag joint. Then loosened the nuts on the rack holding bolts. One came off easy but the other, the stud started to spin, so I had to vicegrip the stud and twist off the nut. But then I couldn't get the rack to budge. Tried a little hammer to loosen it, tried to pry it, tried to extract the washer and bushing off the stud. No dice.
So I just bolted everything back up cause I need to drive this week. But what am I missing? First off, is it bad that the stud was twisting? It got super tight when I put the nut back on, but is that normal? And what's the trick to sliding the rack forward to replace the bushings? Do those studs come off or does the rack slide far enough forward to replace the rear bushing? It seemed easy in theory but a bit lost.
Thanks in advance!