steering rack..

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steering rack..

by ecosseM » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:10 pm

quick and easy questions for the people in the know..

how easy is it to change a steering rack on a 4x4 turbo? oh, and how many different ones can go on them? (does the lettering on them stand for anything?)

ta.. looks like mine goot a wee leak, saw it tonight when changing the altinator:x
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Re: steering rack..

by bodgetastic » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:27 am

I changed mine with the engine out and it was still a b***h lol. Will probably need to take the inlet side off to get to it as you cant come up from the bottom. The best replacement is a saginow (not sure of spelling). Got mine from these guys...

www.westonpowersteering.co.uk
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Re: steering rack..

by matty0785 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:49 pm

steve they are a anbsalute c**t to do as brake master cylinder is in the way and its a dash out job to remove it

there are 2 types metal and an alloy casings yours will be alloy due to being a later car
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Re: steering rack..

by bodgetastic » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:22 am

Shouldnt have to take the dash out to do it just a bit of fiddling in the footwell but yea its not a fun job.
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Re: steering rack..

by calibratim » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:53 am

any one got step by step
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Re: steering rack..

by bodgetastic » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:48 pm

Mr Haynes did a fairly comprehensive guide iirc 8)
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