Spitfire steering rack

 Probably one of the most messy jobs so far. Fully dismantled the steering rack, cleaned everything and re-greased. There was nothing that looked too tired to need replacing apart from the boots, so I got some new ones.

Cleaning all the old grease just so I could paint was what took the most time.

There's a pretty smart balljoint system with a spring on both sides that needs removing in order to pull everything out. After that, pull out the gear and the shaft can slide out. When you pull the gear, careful not to loose that little pin ;-) (See previous post)

Clean, paint, the regreased everything.

Finished product looks good as new ! It's a lot harder to turn now but absolutely no play which is great, the spring play reduction system was probably frozen solid by old grease.

Last, you always need little hands to help with this kind of job !