Hello, just wondering if anyone managed to change these on vehicle or whether just remove whole steering rack to replace? Happened in a rollover (race car)

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You can change the tie rod on the vehicle

Any tips on how to go about that?

Its in the manual...it unscrews

Thanks captain obvious.... :)

Is difficult to do in car and honestly if is bent chances rack has been damaged

Better to replace the rack

Thanks captain obvious.... :)

Is difficult to do in car and honestly if is bent chances rack has been damaged

Better to replace the rack

Hey Mal,

Cheers for your reply, I checked for any other noticeable damage/leaks etc and it did seem okay, I guess hard to tell til all back together. Just thought it would save changing entire rack out. Is it as simple as using similar to a pipe wrench to grip it and undo it that way? Had a look in one manual and has a special tool mentioned and shows only one movement to remove it.

Cheers

I've replaced one on a second gen Magna, with the rack on the car. A pipe wrench will do it.
The second gen has a lock tab washer, I think the third gen one is staked down. Bit hard to get to due to limited access, but if you use some sort of thread locker and stake the new one down as best as you can, it should be ok.
Grease the ball joint and use a new rubber boot if the old one is split.

Thread locker NO

Grease joint NO, these come factory pre greased

Issue you will have is that the shock wave through the rack may have caused internal damage which you can not see thus why often when an insurance claim goes through for a car hit in a wheel they write off the car to be safe as the damage can go far deeper.

THis is a track car, will be going faster and used more harshly than a street car, even more reason to get even a good used rack

Hey Mal,

I do have some spare cars/racks available so may go down that path instead to be safe. Will get stuck into it when home from work (FIFO) and see how I go.

Cheers

THis is a track car, will be going faster and used more harshly than a street car, even more reason to get even a good used rack

As the Mad Man says - a track car (assuming the the organic bit behind the steering wheel is working well) will load up a lot more G forces on the steering than a normal day tripper car - and well - a failure to steer at track speeds can be a lot more damaging than a steering rack - change the whole thing.

Seeing the car was involved in a rollover, best replace the whole car. You can't see or know what else has been compromised mechanically.

Any pics of the incident?