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Steering Rack Leak - Options?
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<blockquote data-quote="03blackvert" data-source="post: 16940043" data-attributes="member: 4827"><p>I went through a lot of options, made a bunch of phone calls. What I came to find out is no one could promise me a black painted rack like is on the car, and in fact several people told me they haven't seen one in a while in a reman. Most of the new ones are a newer silver design. I'd really like to keep it a black rack like came on the car, and this one is in great shape (only 17k miles!) but it's leaking because the seals are no good after 30 years and one of the inner tie rods has just enough play to be problematic.</p><p></p><p>So....I bought the cheapest Cardone reman I could find. It came as one of the newer silver tube styles and looks brand new. It was only $180. I plan to swap it in next week, I have a buddy with a lift in his garage so it shouldn't be too big of a job. In the process I'm doing all new hoses, adding a filter on the return line, and doing new Moog tie rod ends. It should drive like a new car.</p><p></p><p>Then I'm going to see about fixing up the old rack. I can buy a seal kit for $30 to rebuild the rack myself. I have no idea how hard that is to do, as I haven't found a good how-to online yet. If it's not that hard I might just do it myself. But if I can't figure that out I'll find somewhere I can ship it off to that will rebuild my rack and ship it back to me. Either way I'll be able to go back to the exact rack that came on this car. I can take my time as well, since we can drive it in the mean time.</p><p></p><p>Yes, that will mean another rack swap, but it's not too big of a job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="03blackvert, post: 16940043, member: 4827"] I went through a lot of options, made a bunch of phone calls. What I came to find out is no one could promise me a black painted rack like is on the car, and in fact several people told me they haven't seen one in a while in a reman. Most of the new ones are a newer silver design. I'd really like to keep it a black rack like came on the car, and this one is in great shape (only 17k miles!) but it's leaking because the seals are no good after 30 years and one of the inner tie rods has just enough play to be problematic. So....I bought the cheapest Cardone reman I could find. It came as one of the newer silver tube styles and looks brand new. It was only $180. I plan to swap it in next week, I have a buddy with a lift in his garage so it shouldn't be too big of a job. In the process I'm doing all new hoses, adding a filter on the return line, and doing new Moog tie rod ends. It should drive like a new car. Then I'm going to see about fixing up the old rack. I can buy a seal kit for $30 to rebuild the rack myself. I have no idea how hard that is to do, as I haven't found a good how-to online yet. If it's not that hard I might just do it myself. But if I can't figure that out I'll find somewhere I can ship it off to that will rebuild my rack and ship it back to me. Either way I'll be able to go back to the exact rack that came on this car. I can take my time as well, since we can drive it in the mean time. Yes, that will mean another rack swap, but it's not too big of a job. [/QUOTE]
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