I pulled the same side bellows off again and ran the rack to the stop..... no teeth show on this end (far end away from pinion). I held the rack case in the vise and put a pipe wrench on the inner tie rod ball socket and it came loose. I hope I didn't damage the lash. It's draining hyd fluid now in the other direction. I'm still going salvage yard shopping tomorrow, but I'll take the other side loose in the morning. To best align the tie rod relative to the steering arm of the spindle, the distance between the inner tie rod joints should be as short as possible (short rack width) in my application. I found an excellent model of the VW front end and bump steer math in an Austrailian VW site. That's where this rack is going. VW front end, not to Austrailia. The link you offered for taking the assembly apart wasn't applicable to the end I picked to disassemble first, but it still gave me the confidence to put the wrench to it. I think the teeth will show when I crank the rack in the direction of the pinion. I'll hold onto it here when putting both ends back together. Thanks Tony