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...it's that freakin' steering coupling grease seal/dust cover fiasco!
You know the deal - you take it apart so that you can remove the column (or in my case, to get the wheel aligned @ 12 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock). Then when you go to put it back together, it's pure hell to get the little tabs on the dust cover so it seals up against the coupling.
Well, you fail most likely, especially if you have headers in the way.
Such a PITA that even Ma Mopar had a stopgap cure, so...
No problem, you say - just fetch one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301479730667?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
View attachment 262140
Simple enough and a great little idea to boot, right?
Well, have you ever tried to put one of these ON?
Oy. Same headers in the way among other items down there, all cutting away at arms and hands and such. Need tiny little girly hands to get where you need to.
It got done. I called the car all sorts of vile, evil names in the process, but it got done.
You know the deal - you take it apart so that you can remove the column (or in my case, to get the wheel aligned @ 12 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock). Then when you go to put it back together, it's pure hell to get the little tabs on the dust cover so it seals up against the coupling.
Well, you fail most likely, especially if you have headers in the way.
Such a PITA that even Ma Mopar had a stopgap cure, so...
No problem, you say - just fetch one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301479730667?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
View attachment 262140
Simple enough and a great little idea to boot, right?
Well, have you ever tried to put one of these ON?
Oy. Same headers in the way among other items down there, all cutting away at arms and hands and such. Need tiny little girly hands to get where you need to.
It got done. I called the car all sorts of vile, evil names in the process, but it got done.