DIY: Steering Rack Boot Replacement (EG Civic)

[na-118]

will be doing this in a few weeks including removing the piston inside the rack! cheers dorikon

[beeza]

Is that the notorious bitch pin?

[dorikin]

Gotcha,and do U knock/bash/bend that washer into the grooves before U tighten it right up and that locks it in?

First you position the washer in the 2 grooves of the steering rack.

Then tighten the rack end down. And then you can stake the Lock Washer with a Roll Pin Punch (pic below) to lock it in.

will be doing this in a few weeks including removing the piston inside the rack! cheers dorikon

I'm guessing you're converting the rack to Non-Power Steering. Make sure you remove the Piston Seal Ring and O-Ring.

I remember reading someones build thread that went into a lot of detail on converting your rack to non-p/s but I can't remember who it was now..

Is that the notorious bitch pin?

No dude, bitch pin is the spring pin that locks the shift rod into the transmission.

[na-118]

yeah' that's in my intention dorikon. i've read up this morning basically removing the piston and the seals and assemble it back together

apparently you gota cut the piston off on hondatech

[beeza]

Thanks mate,great stuff!

RePPed!

[dorikin]

Yeh that's right if you wanna go all the way, cut the piston off.

Here's Mattski_VTIR's build thread with very nicely detailed pics
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...=1#post3041154