Whitesands

Can this plate be removed and sealed without stuff falling out.

928Myles

That plate covers a spring loaded piston that pushes against the rack rod and is sealed with a o-ring. Behind the area of the piston is a 'void' that contains some grease for a bearing and where the rack & pinion meet. There is not meant to be any p/s fluid in that area. On my rack the cover plate also had some sort of sealer between it and the housing.

If the leak of fluid is coming from behind the cover then you have leak further in, either on the rack (horizontal rod that the two tie rods screw into) - there is a seal towards the middle of the rack from the plate, or from the pinion (the bit the steering wheel connects to & turns). There is a seal half way along this between the bearing located at the bottom of the pinion & the fluid directing bit near the top).
(The terminology may be wrong)

Either leak requires some dismantling of the rack to fix. The easiest of these to dismantle is the pinion but complete rack removal is required either way.

If you have a LHD rack then a rebuilt unit is probably the best way to go.


Sorry for the bad news.

Myles

Whitesands

Thanks for the info, the racks been on the car for 11 years and 58,000 miles, looks like its time for replacement then.

Racks don't seem to last long on a 928 do they, this next one will be the 5th.

Gary Knox

Your leak might even be from one of the hoses, and it is slowly flowing down to that plate. I had that experience a few years ago with one of my 928's. Only solution then is to replace the hose.

Suggest you use a white paper towel and wipe all around the hoses in the area near the rack. Most likely to leak there is probably the high pressure hose.

Gary--

Don Ashe

Ivan-
I've been using Valvoline Max life ATF for my transmission. I used it to refill of the PS reservoir after I pulled it for some other maintenance, and my PS drips disappeared within a few days of adding it, and I haven't had to add any fluid in quite some time... It's supposed to have something in it to slightly swell the seals. N=Might be worth a try...

HTH,
-Don

Whitesands

I've replaced the high pressure hose not so long ago but will double check the hoses.

I may try Max Life till I can get the time for a permanent fix, thanks.