摘要 |
An enclosure means for a cylinder end of a rack steering mechanism is provided comprising a bearing within the cylinder end for slidably supporting a rack and which is secured to the cylinder by nesting corrugations of the cylinder and the bearing coacting to lock the cylinder and bearing together. A sleeve of synthetic material surrounds the cylinder end and has an inwardly directed radial corrugation nesting within the corrugation of the cylinder locking it to the cylinder. The sleeve is provided with a ported through passage for equalizing air to be transferred between respective bellows at the ends of the rack which protect ball joints connecting the rack to a steering mechanism. |