Dust cover on steering rack

[ontariomystic]

I was replacing the power steering pulley on my 1997 GTS and I noticed the dust shield that covers the steering shaft connection on the rack is cracked and falling off. Is this something that can be replaced? Its made of rubber and is dried out from heat and age.

 

[ontariomystic]

Proper name for it would be a pinion dust seal

 

[roller]

I had this happen on my '96 GTS. I made my own seal as I couldn't find a replacement seal. There was a post on this site a few years ago about another fix. Do a search for steering seal.

Frank

 

[Titan1969]

I'm in need of the same item for my Gen I. Did a search here and Google but no luck. I have headers on my car so I need something more than stock as the heat is higher in this area now. I might improvise a small piece of header wrap to place on the shaft with a simple clip to hold in place just to keep dirt out. Though unless your on a dirt road, I don't see much debris getting up this high.

 

[AZTVR]

I couldn't find anything appropriate to replace it with. Someone on another site suggested part of a CV boot. I looked at a few at a BAP-Geon parts store but nothing was particularly close. Mine was not too bad; so, I used some Plasti dip sold in a can at Home Depot and a brush to layer many times over the original boot. Its not "pretty" but, it isn't really a visible item.