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Bad rack?
Posted by derf (more from derf) on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:57:08
In Reply to: Universal Joint, Marvin Stockman, Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:39:59
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Had exactly the same symptom on an old 88 9k I once bought. The Steering rack was dead, really hard to turn to the right and intermittantly the power steering would dissapear entirely. exciting when in traffic. And driving with not power steering is less than clever.. try it once and you will understand why :-) The rack problem gets worse with use asa the damage spreads, no amount of liquid goo will restore/patch a failed seal or 3,..safely enough to try your luck on the highway.
9000's, just like the 900's, used a GM sourced Steering rack. .. w2hich on GM cars suffered near universal failure rate. Statistically at least, rack failure has a very high probability
Certainly checking the Shaft UJ is clever though, as you may be Lucky?
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Posts in this Thread:
- Power Steering Pump or Rack problem?, Kevin M , Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:48:46
- Steering Update, Kevin M , Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:44:40
- weather???, Bill U, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:06:26
- Re: Rack problem?, Saabnutt, Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:21:18
- Re: Had identical symptoms-was steering column...., paul de k, Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:43:43
- Universal Joint, Marvin Stockman, Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:39:59
- Bad rack?, derf, Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:57:08 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Power Steering Pump or Rack problem?, Saabnutt, Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:02:22
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