I am rebuilding my Saginaw steering gear and have run into a problem. After replacing the O ring and teflon seal on the rack piston, I cannot get the rack piston back into the housing. Is there a trick to this (compressing, etc)?

 

Doug, There might be some helpful information in the below link.

I am looking to rebuild mine soon for the first time, so please report back here if you learn anything that may help.

http://jimshea.corvettefaq.com/?cat=4