Help with steering gear

[Hellion]

I don't have a hex head large enough to remove the fill plug on the body on the steering gear (haven't measured it, but looks about 3/4"). Do these things come prefilled, or do I need to add hydraulic fluid?

It wouldn't hurt to look and make sure. Do you have a crescent/adjustable wrench? That would certainly add to the discussion. I suspect they come dry.

 

[panchothedog]

One more question. I don't have a hex head large enough to remove the fill plug on the body on the steering gear (haven't measured it, but looks about 3/4"). Do these things come prefilled, or do I need to add hydraulic fluid?

Not trying to be a smart *** here. Really. But if you've got $130 to spend on a new rack and pinion set up, surely you should have a few bucks left over to invest in some tools. Most common wrench sets and socket sets top out at 7/8". A lot bigger than the 3/4" you estimate it to be. When you get into the larger sizes
1" and over most auto supply shops sell sockets individually. One time needed a
1&3/4" socket. It was 3/4" drive. Had to buy an adapter for my 1/2" drive ratchet,
but 5 minutes, and about $22 later, problem solved. You can never have " too many " tools. Buy what you need to open it up and be sure.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Crescent wrench? Pipe wrench? Channel locks?
All 3 of those should/could be big enough.

 

[panchothedog]

Crescent wrench? Pipe wrench? Channel locks?
All 3 of those should/could be big enough.

Hey WTR, you really going to use a pipe wrench on a brand new ( probably aluminum ) rack and pinion? There's a reason they have teeth on them.

 

[Hellion]

Man! I'm about an hour away from you. Wish I had some time to come and take it off your hand!

Well? Did you go get it? @Grizzlymi

 

[Edwin Spangler]

It wouldn't hurt to look and make sure. Do you have a crescent/adjustable wrench? That would certainly add to the discussion. I suspect they come dry.

Not trying to be a smart *** here. Really. But if you've got $130 to spend on a new rack and pinion set up, surely you should have a few bucks left over to invest in some tools. Most common wrench sets and socket sets top out at 7/8". A lot bigger than the 3/4" you estimate it to be. When you get into the larger sizes
1" and over most auto supply shops sell sockets individually. One time needed a
1&3/4" socket. It was 3/4" drive. Had to buy an adapter for my 1/2" drive ratchet,
but 5 minutes, and about $22 later, problem solved. You can never have " too many " tools. Buy what you need to open it up and be sure.

Crescent wrench? Pipe wrench? Channel locks?
All 3 of those should/could be big enough.

I think that cap is rubber. -AND its not a hex head. Mine IS a hex head but its also rubber.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Well? Did you go get it? @Grizzlymi

I did............................................not................................

We've been working mandatory overtime and my Sunday's have been busy as hell being my only day off.

 

[sulak]

I think that cap is rubber. -AND its not a hex head. Mine IS a hex head but its also rubber.

There is a rubber cap covering the plug. The plug is definitely metal on mine, not plastic. But even if plastic, still need a large Allen wrench to get it out.

 

[sulak]

Crescent wrench? Pipe wrench? Channel locks?
All 3 of those should/could be big enough.

No, it's a plug, not a bolt head.

 

[sulak]

Not trying to be a smart *** here. Really. But if you've got $130 to spend on a new rack and pinion set up, surely you should have a few bucks left over to invest in some tools. Most common wrench sets and socket sets top out at 7/8". A lot bigger than the 3/4" you estimate it to be. When you get into the larger sizes
1" and over most auto supply shops sell sockets individually. One time needed a
1&3/4" socket. It was 3/4" drive. Had to buy an adapter for my 1/2" drive ratchet,
but 5 minutes, and about $22 later, problem solved. You can never have " too many " tools. Buy what you need to open it up and be sure.

I have more sockets than I know what to do with, all the way up to 3/4 drive. This is a plug, not a bolt, so a socket or wrench is not the answer. Need a hex wrench (Allen wrench), and my largest is 1/2 inch.

I was just asking if anyone knows whether they ship filled to save myself 2 hours to drive out to a harbor freight and back to buy an Allen wrench that I will use one time.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

 

[Grizzlymi]

No one around you that might have the right size you could borrow? Someone around you has one, just have to find out who.

 

[sulak]

No one around you that might have the right size you could borrow? Someone around you has one, just have to find out who.

Yup, I'll get to it, it's on my list now. Working on pole barn laying rebar for concrete and getting a roof up first before it gets too cold.