My business is for sale:
I have not found anyone to take over my business. So:
We built a home in Denver. A 55+ community. We have had it for two years now. We go there for a week every two months or so. But we are not happy there. The lot size is minuscule and I only have a smallish 3 car garage. So we are selling it and looking for a different home in the Denver area. An existing home. We do not want to go thru a new build again. We both want a larger yard and most important is I want more garage space. All my life I have been a garage person and I like to make things etc. Ideally we will find a home where I can add on to the existing garage or put in an additional garage. So my plan now is to take my business to Denver. But: I am not making much of anything anymore in my shop here. I am also not restocking many items. You may have noticed some of my parts are out of stock now. That trend will continue. Once in Denver I will probably just sell out my existing stock and as I run out of things discontinue them. Hopefully this all happens in 2024. Once we start moving out of our home here in Wi there will be a few/several months when I will not be able to sell anything.
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Thank you,
Rodney Dickman
9-10-24: I am still in business and this item is still in stock.
1988 Fiero steering rack bearings and seal
The special size small lower pinion bearing:
The small lower pinion bearing in the 1988 Fiero steering rack appears to have been special made by GM just for the 1988 Pontiac Fiero steering rack. It is 30 mm x 10 mm x 8 mm width. This bearing does not exist anywhere in the world. Many have looked far and wide thru the years with no luck.
To make replacements I had some top quality Nachi (Japan) 6200 bearings (30 mm x 10 mm x 9 mm width) surface ground to the 8 mm width. They have 0.50 mm ground off each face to take them from the 9 mm width down to the 8 mm width.
I wash these to get all the grinding debris out of them. I spend a long time washing them multiple times and blowing them out with air to get them 100% clean. They also have to be packed with grease before they are installed.
Upper needle bearing and the rubber seal
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Use the drop down box to order any or all of these items:
1988 steering rack rubber pinion seal: $8.95
1988 steering rack upper needle bearing: $22.49
1988 steering rack special lower bearing: $29.99
SHIPPING NOTE:
I do not offer free shipping.
Because I use postal flat rate boxes for heavy orders there is no program that can add the proper amount of shipping to every order. So all shipping is added manually by myself after you place your order. That is explained here: Shipping added later explanation
When you place an order the shipping amount will show $0.00. Soon after you place an order you will receive an email confirmation that shows the amount of shipping that was added to your order.
Shipping: Shipping is $6.00 (Midwest-USA)
Final shipping cost is determined by weight of the item(s) and distance from Milwaukee, WI. Shipping prices quoted are for items shipped to the Midwest area in the USA. If you are ordering a single item or multiple items the total shipping price is determined after you place the order. I try to keep my shipping prices to a minimum and use Postal Flat Rate boxes whenever I can utilize them for an order.
