steering colum gaiter mkIII

[savagegti]

It's that rubber thing on the engine side of the bulk head covering the sterring linkages.

Basically it's got a big hole in it which means i can hear the engine noise coming through the bulk head, can anyone tell me how easy/hard this job is to do and what's involved

Cheers

[rubjonny]

Its not going to be easy, but it is doable.
1) In engine bay, lift up the boot till you can see the UJ, then unbolt & remove nut & bolt holding the universal joint to the rack
2) try to pull the UJ off the rack, if it wont come off remove bolt holding ignition lock housing to outer column slieve (this may be an allen bolt, or a shear bolt) then pull column up till the UJ pops off the rack
3) swap boot and put it all back together

[savagegti]

Thanks for that i'll order the part in and have a crack at it on a warmer day.

[savagegti]

Just thought i'd update this post in case anyone else looks at it who's doing the same job.

It wasn't as dificult as we thought.

Working from the inside of the car remove two plastic covers at base of steering colum. this will reveal the steering linkage and you will find two bolts on a slider. Remove the two bolts and knock the slider upwards (this may take a bit of persuasion). The linkage is now seperated and you can easily change the gaitor.

JOB DONE