[1974carrera]

Thanks John. My concern is that there is no way to lock the tie rod to the rack. On the non-Turbo tie rods, the boot collar serves to mehcnaically lock the tie rod to the rack. On other cars, e.g. BMW, with a tie rod -to-rack connection similar to the Turbo tie rod, there is a lock collar that you can bend a tab on to prevent the tie rod from ever backing out of the rack. So, I thought perhaps the Turbo tie rods used something to mechanically lock the connection and that I just didn't have it (all my parts diagrams show the non-Turbo tie rods). If the spacers used with the Turbo tie-rods were threaded, they could function like the boot collar on the non-Turbo tie rod (to provide a mechanical lock), but they're not. Perhaps my concern is unfounded, but it does seem like a critical connection to rely just on Loctite.

Thanks for the suggestion about lubing the steering rack. My factory repair manual and Bentley manual don't address this. There are numerous references in the archives about doing it, but I can't find anything procedural so guess I'll post a new thread on this. Thanks again.