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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 23:26:13 -0400
From: "Jeremy Brown" <JBrownnopsamcom>
Subject: Re: Power steering rack OPINIONS needed....


This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00EB_01BFF822.0DEEE600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a similar problem, but it also had a serious leak on the rack. I = had to have it replaced with a rebuilt one that cost about $900/=A3450 = with labor. Does that help? JB in MA, USA "David M. Green" <mercmoonnopsamhlink.net> wrote in message = news:397C3501.40B918A3nopsamhlink.net... Question about replacing the rack here. I get a sound=20 of air coming from the steering wheel during turning and=20 the car groans excessively while turning. The warmer=20 the car gets, the harder the wheel is to turn.=20 Now, the power steering pump has been replaced=20 twice in the last month due to ATF being used in the=20 system. So, my question is two-part. 1 - Does it=20 definitely sound like the rack is gone? 2 - Would the=20 ATF have damaged the rack as it did the power=20 steering pump?=20 Thanks in advance...=20 David M. Green=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00EB_01BFF822.0DEEE600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had a similar problem, but it also = had a serious=20 leak on the rack. I had to have it replaced with a rebuilt one that cost = about=20 $900/<SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times = New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; = mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">=A3450</SPAN>=20 with labor. Does that help?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>JB in MA, USA</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>"David M. Green" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:mercmoonnopsamhlink.net">mercmoonnopsamhlink.net</A>> = wrote in=20 message <A=20 = href=3D"news:397C3501.40B918A3nopsamhlink.net">news:397C3501.40B918A3nopsam= hlink.net</A>...</DIV>Question=20 about replacing the rack here.  I get a sound <BR>of air coming = from the=20 steering wheel during turning and <BR>the car groans excessively while = turning.  The warmer <BR>the car gets, the harder the wheel is to = turn.=20 <P>Now, the power steering pump has been replaced <BR>twice in the = last month=20 due to ATF being used in the <BR>system.  So, my question is=20 two-part.  1 - Does it <BR>definitely sound like the rack is = gone? =20 2 - Would the <BR>ATF have damaged the rack as it did the power = <BR>steering=20 pump?=20 <P>Thanks in advance...=20 <P>David M. Green </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00EB_01BFF822.0DEEE600--

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