dr bob

The small bottle will be plenty.

Tie rods are a lot like ball joints -- you wiggle them and they seem fine. Replace them and find out what you were missing. Since you have new ones, put them in when you change tthe rack. If no difference you are amazingly lucky, and can save the old ones as spares.


Most folks live numbly through the gradual decay of suspension and steering bits. Then drive a very low-miles or recently refreshed car, and find out what the car is supposed to drive like. It can be a revelation.

Pfc. Parts

All of this talk of getting laid, racks and bush are distracting me. March? **** man, I haven't been laid, off on or otherwise, in 4 years! Why in God's name do you need to be on your feet?

Sorry. I felt whimsical...

bureau13

Wait...4 years?? And you drive your car regularly?

I may have to revisit my prime purpose in acquiring a car like this... :-D

Pfc. Parts

Well, it's been down for an intake refresh....

dr bob

In my limited experience... The driver makes the car, not the other way around.

bureau13

Lol you're probably right. I hope not ;-)

Tony

Cut the belt..get a bigger steering wheel...and have a protein shake in the morning before you drive to work!

Mongo

Dropped half of the bottle of Lucas PS Stop Leak in and the leak seems to have reduced but is still there. I may add the rest of the 12 ounce bottle as soon as the reservoir drops low again. Steering feels just a little heavier. The stop leak is THICK and is the same color as ATF, which is probably contributing to the feel thanks to the viscosity of jelly.

Tony

You know it is ATF that runs in the PS system. Is the stop leak you added compatible?
A thicker fluid just put more strain on your pump...belt...etc

Mongo

I can't find anything on the internet saying the Lucas PS Stop Leak is incompatible with the ATF used in our systems. To elaborate, the steering feels a little heavy on a cold start, but once everything is warmed up, I can't really notice any difference. I did add a little more stop leak this morning though since the reservoir is down just a tad. There is still an ATF/Stop Leak mixture in it.

Randy V

Did you follow the instructions?

I think the fluid has to get up to operating temperature for the Stop Leak to be activated.

Mongo

Affirmative. Nothing really to it other than adding it and going for a drive. I drove it home for lunch from work again and even less dripping now. I will probably add the remainder of the bottle in if the reservoir drops down from the little leaks it has now. Again, there's probably only 7 of the 12 ounces in the system. Nifty stuff.

Mongo

Well the stop leak works great up until I turn the steering wheel all the way left until it stops. You can see ATF drip straight out of the boot - not just a drip, but a thin stream of it coming out of the boot! Other than that, there is no leakage during any other movements on the steering wheel.

Rob Edwards

'Doc, it hurts when I do this!'

Doc: 'Don't do that.'


The spool valve in the rack is allowing the pump to transmit the greatest fluid pressure when you're at full lock, see post #10 in this thread for an explanation

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...-gts-rack.html

Makes sense it would leak the most at full lock.

hacker-pschorr

I've used the lucus stuff in a few 928's, worked great on all but one.

I suck out all the fluid from the reservoir, fill up with the lucus stuff then with the engine running turn from full lock to full lock over and over again.

Suck out a bit more, top off......go for a drive.