Steering rack - photos included
08-03-2002, 03:13 AM
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Steering rack - photos included
Need help in identifying what the steering rack is missing. It seems like a plug, but since it is broken I have no idea what it looks like and the part number for it...
Anyone can shed some light on this one?? It is leaking and I do not want to replace the rack for just that...
Thanks!
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Anyone can shed some light on this one?? It is leaking and I do not want to replace the rack for just that...
Thanks!
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08-03-2002, 04:47 AM
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i jsut rebuilt the steering rack on my 944 about 5 times. they kept sending non-working ones. some place called partwerks in chicago. so now i have 4 non working racks in my garage hanging on the wall. but anyway, i remember that same thing. theres a hole next to the pump were it looks liek something should be. i thought i remembered there being a rubber stopper there but i never found one under the car. so i jsut put some gunky stuff on there. then it hardened into the shape of the hole so i can take it out if i ever wanted to but it still plugs it up. i was kind of worried maybe it was a air intake of some sort for cooling or something but i havent had problems other than leaky bolts. i hate those stupid things. i have to refill my power steering fluid at least once a month.
08-03-2002, 05:43 AM
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The good news: that part has no important function
The bad news: there should not be any fluid coming out of that hole
That hole is access to the rack centering divot - a special Porsche tool (pointy bolt) can be used to set the rack to dead center for installation and alignment. Most folks use a small ball bearing on the top of a properly sized bolt (can't recall right now) to accomplish this.
That area should be free of any fluid - my guess is that you have an end seal leak forming... you can try to plug it, but that may not last long.
Good Luck!
The bad news: there should not be any fluid coming out of that hole
That hole is access to the rack centering divot - a special Porsche tool (pointy bolt) can be used to set the rack to dead center for installation and alignment. Most folks use a small ball bearing on the top of a properly sized bolt (can't recall right now) to accomplish this.
That area should be free of any fluid - my guess is that you have an end seal leak forming... you can try to plug it, but that may not last long.
Good Luck!
08-03-2002, 11:17 AM
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I purchased a used rack from Ian's here in ft.lauderdale and it had a little blue stopper in the hole. It kept taking fluid for about a week but I couldnt see any leaks on the ground under it. When I pulled the plug out about a half a quart of fluid ran out on the ground. It was filling up both boots and the inside of the rack. Any way, I got a seal kit and rebuilt it and now it works ok. It looked like only one of the end seals that was bad but I just replaced them all since I had the kit. No more leaks.