Steering rack ???
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Steering rack ???
While tracking down a power steering cooling line leak.....I found another slight leak.....the brass colored triangular cover on the bottom side of the steering rack that secured with two 13mm bolts is leaking.....
Does anyone know the part # for the seal that goes under it.....nothing in PET shows the internal parts of the rack.....Bill and I tried tightening it up...but I doubt that will work??
Does anyone know the part # for the seal that goes under it.....nothing in PET shows the internal parts of the rack.....Bill and I tried tightening it up...but I doubt that will work??
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https://rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/373566-steering-rack-rebuild-seals-and-o-rings-pics.html
This thread shows pics of all the rack seals. AFAIK they are not available as single pieces.
However the seal you need is an O ring Part No. 30 in the exploded diagram. As O rings go it's nothing special and once instaled doesn't move so a regular O ring suitable for ATF should be OK. I don't have one to hand to measure (Not sure if I could measure one accurately anyway) but I would think if you take the cover off and can pull the metal piston out that the O ring sits in. You could measure the width of the groove and the OD of the groove in the metal piston which would give you the size of O rring you require. O ring should be snug fit in the groove (In terms of thickness of O ring) and be very very slightly stretched once sitting in the groove.
HTH
This thread shows pics of all the rack seals. AFAIK they are not available as single pieces.
However the seal you need is an O ring Part No. 30 in the exploded diagram. As O rings go it's nothing special and once instaled doesn't move so a regular O ring suitable for ATF should be OK. I don't have one to hand to measure (Not sure if I could measure one accurately anyway) but I would think if you take the cover off and can pull the metal piston out that the O ring sits in. You could measure the width of the groove and the OD of the groove in the metal piston which would give you the size of O rring you require. O ring should be snug fit in the groove (In terms of thickness of O ring) and be very very slightly stretched once sitting in the groove.
HTH
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there is no seal for the bottom plate,
Remove it, and you will find a washer, and spring, then there is a piston which sits up in there.
Somehow get this piston out (it is possible, but tricky) and replace the o-ring on it.
This should be a standard metric O-ring.
Remove it, and you will find a washer, and spring, then there is a piston which sits up in there.
Somehow get this piston out (it is possible, but tricky) and replace the o-ring on it.
This should be a standard metric O-ring.