fender2082 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 '95 cutty supreme... i know the rack's on the firewall... how hard is it to replace? mine leaks out the seals and i'm getting sick of topping it off. Anybody do this and take pictures? (prolly wishful thinking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 http://www.w-body.com/forum/search.php and as far as i know no one's taken pictures of the swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy91444 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 I am doing mine at the moment for the same reasons . I took it out this afternoon ,forgot to take pictures. Any way it goes better if you can lower the cradel like they say to do in the book. In my case I could not undo the cradel bolt. the bolt did not want to loosen and I was affraid of breaking them. It came out but it was very thigh. Hopefully it will go back in the same way tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender2082 Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 So you can get it out without dropping the front end? That's good news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy91444 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Yes and you can put it back in to, Just done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender2082 Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Thanks a ton... As soon as I find one I'm taking a shot at throwing it in there and then I'm selling the car (can't unload it with good conscience with the leak). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Just one piece of advice. If you loosen the rear subframe bolts to get a little more wrench room, just go ahead and pull them completely, with the subframe supported by a jack. Clean the bolts thoroughly, and use a good threadlocker on them when you re-assemble it. Bad things happen when the bolts loosen and work their way out lol voice of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender2082 Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 If I didn't know better I'd say you were telling me you lost the front of your car while driving... YOUCH! I can't imagine running over part of your own car would be a good thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If I didn't know better I'd say you were telling me you lost the front of your car while driving... YOUCH! I can't imagine running over part of your own car would be a good thing... Well, I didn't lose the subframe, but the rear bolts came out, and dropped the rear of the subframe enough to disconnect the steering shaft from the input shaft on the rack. Disconcerting stuff, when you're about to make a u-turn, and you turn the wheel, only to realize it's turning like it's on ball bearings, and the car's still going straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender2082 Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Wow dude, that's one for the books. Yeah, if I don't unload the car in the next week and a half I'm going to fix the damn thing. Good to know I don't have to tear the whole front end apart... it doesn't need anything else up there to make the labor worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 If I didn't know better I'd say you were telling me you lost the front of your car while driving... YOUCH! I can't imagine running over part of your own car would be a good thing... Well, I didn't lose the subframe, but the rear bolts came out, and dropped the rear of the subframe enough to disconnect the steering shaft from the input shaft on the rack. Disconcerting stuff, when you're about to make a u-turn, and you turn the wheel, only to realize it's turning like it's on ball bearings, and the car's still going straight. Did you hit anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 If I didn't know better I'd say you were telling me you lost the front of your car while driving... YOUCH! I can't imagine running over part of your own car would be a good thing... Well, I didn't lose the subframe, but the rear bolts came out, and dropped the rear of the subframe enough to disconnect the steering shaft from the input shaft on the rack. Disconcerting stuff, when you're about to make a u-turn, and you turn the wheel, only to realize it's turning like it's on ball bearings, and the car's still going straight. Did you hit anything? No, luckily I wasn't on a heavily traveled road. When it disconnected, the car was perpendicular to the travel on the lane I was trying to u-turn into, I just let it roll off the road at a 90 deg angle. I'm very lucky I was only doing 5-10 mph. i still shudder to think what would have happened if I'd been going at a good clip, somewhere else, on a different road, in a curve...*shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 If I didn't know better I'd say you were telling me you lost the front of your car while driving... YOUCH! I can't imagine running over part of your own car would be a good thing... Well, I didn't lose the subframe, but the rear bolts came out, and dropped the rear of the subframe enough to disconnect the steering shaft from the input shaft on the rack. Disconcerting stuff, when you're about to make a u-turn, and you turn the wheel, only to realize it's turning like it's on ball bearings, and the car's still going straight. Did you hit anything? No, luckily I wasn't on a heavily traveled road. When it disconnected, the car was perpendicular to the travel on the lane I was trying to u-turn into, I just let it roll off the road at a 90 deg angle. I'm very lucky I was only doing 5-10 mph. i still shudder to think what would have happened if I'd been going at a good clip, somewhere else, on a different road, in a curve...*shudder* My subframe fell at a gas pump. Just the previous week, I drove up to Michigan to my first W-Body meet. Let's just say I felt lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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