E46 Steering Rack Rebuild Service (Yellow Tag, Blue Tag, Green Tag, Purple Tag)

[davidinnyc]

I have another freshly rebuilt yellow tag rack for sale. PM me if interested.

[davidinnyc]

Two more yellow tag racks for sale - fully rebuilt and ready to ship!

[davidinnyc]

Update - kind of a cool experience! I've rebuilt just over 80 steering racks since starting. I have a couple yellow tags in the garage that are ready for rebuilds if anyone needs a refresh.

David

[Obioban]

Part of me wants to get one to have as a spare, in case you stop doing this 🤣

[davidinnyc]

Part of me wants to get one to have as a spare, in case you stop doing this 🤣

To be completely honest it’s kind a pain in the butt to do, but it’s rewarding after I finish one and get feedback from people on how much a rebuilt rack changes their driving experience!

[Bimma360]

Please give the heads up if you ever want to wind down doing this. Hahah. I just picked up a ZCP and am a bit worried if I ever have to replace the rack. What's the life expectancy of our racks anyway?

[davidinnyc]

Please give the heads up if you ever want to wind down doing this. Hahah. I just picked up a ZCP and am a bit worried if I ever have to replace the rack. What's the life expectancy of our racks anyway?

Like everything else, it's totally dependent on performing routine maintenance and driving style. I've had yellow tag racks rebuilt with ~80K miles on the clock and yellow tags with 220K miles and they both had similar failure points with seals, while other racks have minimal seal seepage but had destroyed or rusted bearings... I'd like to think that these should last the lifetime of the vehicle, but my observations lead me to believe that 150K miles is about when they all fatigue.

[Bimma360]

Like everything else, it's totally dependent on performing routine maintenance and driving style. I've had yellow tag racks rebuilt with ~80K miles on the clock and yellow tags with 220K miles and they both had similar failure points with seals, while other racks have minimal seal seepage but had destroyed or rusted bearings... I'd like to think that these should last the lifetime of the vehicle, but my observations lead me to believe that 150K miles is about when they all fatigue.

Cool cool. Well, I am sure I’ll be sending my rack your way at some point! Haha

[davidinnyc]

I have five more racks on hand, probably the last five I’ll rebuild before the end of the year holiday travel kicks in. Let me know if you’d like one!

[davidinnyc]

Okay - I lied. I picked up four more racks yesterday evening and these are definitely the last four for the year since the dismantler I work with is leaving town.

[davidinnyc]

I’ve been building more and more racks complete with inner tie rods. I’ve bought the “special” tool to clamp the BMW/OE rings to the bellows.

[davidinnyc]

Hi all - many of you have had racks rebuilt over the last year. Just wanted to say thank you for entrusting me with such an important component for your vehicles. It’s been a fun process and I hope to keep providing the service next year should time continue to allow.

Happy New Year!

David

[fattycharged]

thanks David, this will hopefully make it into my vehicle before '26 ends 😂


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[davidinnyc]

thanks David, this will hopefully make it into my vehicle before '26 ends 😂


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Haha, I sure hope so!

[davidinnyc]

Picking up three more yellow tags this Friday for rebuilds. If anyone needs one of these three, let me know.

David