Steering rack boots

[steve963]

The boot has split and I noticed oil coming out of it, checked the power steering resovior and its not really low, is it normal to leak a bit of oil into the boot , it may be 60K miles worth of leaking as the boots probably original??


thanks

 

[dobby]

Mine is leaking a bit and I dont fancy stripping the rack off. I used one of the wynns products to stop the leak and got new boots from local motor factors for £7 pair. Nissan want £25 each iirc.

 

[steve963]

what are wynns products?

which sunny model did you quote for the boots?

 

[jjs]

you can pick up boots at your local motor factors, ask for the gti model, same boot, and can be fitted in about 1 hour, think they are about £7.oo each

 

[steve963]

well, got some boots from local motor factors, but hole was too small, they didnt have gtir on stock so i had some other nissan ones, but track rods are thicker on gtir:doh:
so then purchased a universal item which seemed to do the trick with some trimming, £5 per side

be prepared for a b'stard of a job undoing the lock nut from the track rod end

I held the spanner on the track rod end while my old man had to resort to his foot on the spanner on the lock nut

 

[CanadianR]

How do you make sure that the alignment is still good once you change the boot? I need to change mine as well, but am worried the alignment will be out after messing about taking the track rod end off. (tie rod end??)

 

[Animaldaz]

You count the turns as you remove it, this will put the track rod end in approximately the same place but you really ought to have the alignment checked.

 

[steve963]

I marked mine with tape, as I couldnt be bothered counting turns, tyres are on there way out anyway so, ill get it setup when I get some new ones