rack and pinion help

[brassman]

Hi, I have a few problems I hope someone can help me with.
I have play in the inner tie rods .I took off the boot and the actual ball joint seems ok but the shaft has play into the steering rack tube is there anyway to repair this without replacing whole rack. If not any suggestions for removing rack would be helpful. I read manual and doesn't seem to hard. Two questions I have are. Do you need that special tool for discoinnecting the steering shaft linkage or can you make do with something else. Also once it is all reinstalled what is the proper way to bleed the system ?thank you

[Stevo2]

Originally Posted by brassman

Hi, I have a few problems I hope someone can help me with.
I have play in the inner tie rods .I took off the boot and the actual ball joint seems ok but the shaft has play into the steering rack tube is there anyway to repair this without replacing whole rack. If not any suggestions for removing rack would be helpful. I read manual and doesn't seem to hard. Two questions I have are. Do you need that special tool for discoinnecting the steering shaft linkage or can you make do with something else. Also once it is all reinstalled what is the proper way to bleed the system ?thank you

What year and engine are you driving?

[brassman]

Yes that would help. I totally forgot. 96 grand caravan es 3.8