De-Powering the power steering rack

barnett87rx7 · 04-09-2012, 09:56 PM

Now onto the "quill" or the control valve assembly. You can see in this picture that we need to get that myriad of seals off starting with the bearing. I suppose you could just bust out the cutoff wheel and throw bits of fiber and metal into the bearing, but I have a different approach. Seeing as how many of us don't have presses and bearing seperators at our disposal, I found that with that same 1/8 aluminum stock you can place it where the arrow is pointing

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Grab onto the oil seals real tight and give the end a few taps to move the bearing slightly towards the rear displaying a REAL PITA lock spring. By moving this spring out of the groove and allowing it to follow the bearing, you can now press the valve/seal assembly to the bearing like so

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A few more taps and the bearing along with the lock ring and the valve/seal assembly just falls out. You can see the arrow is pointing to the stupid little lock spring

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possible to get these pics???

infernosg · 01-28-2013, 10:11 AM

Sorry to bump this (and reply to a sticky) again, but since the pictures depicting the process of removing the seals from the "quill" are among the few to not be reposted is there any way to get a more detailed description of the process? I've got my steering rack completely disassembled and am at this process now.

01-28-2013, 10:11 AM	#2
infernosg IT'S ALIVE! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 811 Rep Power: 16	Sorry to bump this (and reply to a sticky) again, but since the pictures depicting the process of removing the seals from the "quill" are among the few to not be reposted is there any way to get a more detailed description of the process? I've got my steering rack completely disassembled and am at this process now. __________________ '86 Mazda RX-7 Base '79 Mazda RX-7 GS

04-09-2012, 09:56 PM	#1
barnett87rx7 The Newbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Now onto the "quill" or the control valve assembly. You can see in this picture that we need to get that myriad of seals off starting with the bearing. I suppose you could just bust out the cutoff wheel and throw bits of fiber and metal into the bearing, but I have a different approach. Seeing as how many of us don't have presses and bearing seperators at our disposal, I found that with that same 1/8 aluminum stock you can place it where the arrow is pointing XXX Grab onto the oil seals real tight and give the end a few taps to move the bearing slightly towards the rear displaying a REAL PITA lock spring. By moving this spring out of the groove and allowing it to follow the bearing, you can now press the valve/seal assembly to the bearing like so XXX A few more taps and the bearing along with the lock ring and the valve/seal assembly just falls out. You can see the arrow is pointing to the stupid little lock spring XXX possible to get these pics???