STEERING RACK EXPANSION PLUG

[Hooked180]

Sorry to ask so many questions but they really save time and I have confidence in your answers. This spring I started my 180 and the expansion plug on the steering rack leaked oil. I tapped it down and it helps for a while. I bought a new plug but it is hard to get a good tap to set it and it keeps popping up. Is there suppose to be some type of glue or is there some else causing the plug to pop?

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 21:36:17 07/04/22) Sorry to ask so many questions but they really save time and I have confidence in your answers. This spring I started my 180 and the expansion plug on the steering rack leaked oil. I tapped it down and it helps for a while. I bought a new plug but it is hard to get a good tap to set it and it keeps popping up. Is there suppose to be some type of glue or is there some else causing the plug to pop?
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It needs a good hit in the center to bend the dome down which pushes edges out to bite into the side of the bore.

 

[Hooked180]

My problem is there isn't a good way to get a good hit. Should I just use a hammer or a punch and hammer. May have to take a little
of the hood off to get at it. Do I need to use some type of adhesive?

 

[Jim.ME]

Adhesive can be used but generally is not needed. A punch could be used. The punch end should be at least half the diameter of the plug, not just a small point punch which would not spread it well. It needs to be fairly well flattened out. The picture below, from Seastrom Manufacturing's website, showing the ideal installation method, gives you an idea of what you are looking for in flattening the plug.

 

[Hooked180]

I didn't get a picture. I will go to the website to find the picture.

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 06:57:19 07/05/22)
Adhesive can be used but generally is not needed. A punch could be used. The punch end should be at least half the diameter of the plug, not just a small point punch which would not spread it well. It needs to be fairly well flattened out. The picture below, from Seastrom Manufacturing's website, showing the ideal installation method, gives you an idea of what you are looking for in flattening the plug.

Guess I didn't wait long enough for it to load, sorry about that.

 

[Hooked180]

I finally found the problem . A bolt come out of the piston in the steering rack. Got parts ordered.