I searched - found a few threads about the steering rack replacement which I am not going to venture myself, but not much else about other things to take care of while the truck is under the knife.
L side of steering boot started weeping a fair amount of power steering fluid a couple of weeks ago, after much deliberation after replacing much of the front end myself, it was a hard pass.
Taking the truck to Mr.T next week to have the rack looked at and I'm assuming replaced, so I am wondering if it's worth having anything else on the front end replaced while it's there.
I feel like I've read in the timing belt threads maybe about it being worth replacing the differential bushing? anything else?
In the last 30k miles I've been chasing a L-sided popping which led to me swapping out L lower control arm, both outer tie rods, incidentally, replaced both CV axles. Popping is still there and I am wondering if it's actually coming from the rack itself.
I realize this may be vague but the truck is pushing 190k miles, daily driven, and my general approach is to take care of things before they become a major issue.
L side of steering boot started weeping a fair amount of power steering fluid a couple of weeks ago, after much deliberation after replacing much of the front end myself, it was a hard pass.
Taking the truck to Mr.T next week to have the rack looked at and I'm assuming replaced, so I am wondering if it's worth having anything else on the front end replaced while it's there.
I feel like I've read in the timing belt threads maybe about it being worth replacing the differential bushing? anything else?
In the last 30k miles I've been chasing a L-sided popping which led to me swapping out L lower control arm, both outer tie rods, incidentally, replaced both CV axles. Popping is still there and I am wondering if it's actually coming from the rack itself.
I realize this may be vague but the truck is pushing 190k miles, daily driven, and my general approach is to take care of things before they become a major issue.
