steering rack leak repair
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steering rack leak repair
1987 S4 auto, the steering rack has started leaking at the cover (2 bolts and an oval plate 2" long) that lies below the pinion. I started to remove the cover and found that there's a spring in there pushing against it, so stopped in case I damaged something! Anyone any experience with this? The cover seems to have a gasket on it, not sure if there's a seal inside. The main seals on the rack still seem good so not planning to replace it yet. Repair advice welcomed.
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A steering rack repair kit is $65.
Is it RHD or LHD.
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Is it RHD or LHD.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
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Hi Rog
A repair kit sounds just what I need then! It's a right hand drive. I'm planning to change the engine mounts as well, the engine sits up ok but I think they've gone hard as rock over the years - the car is very low mileage (would you believe 5800 ml over 21 years? The guy had a collection of porsche, ferrari, maserati etc. The car broke down one fine day (LH control unit) and he got rid of it!) To change mounts I reckon the rack has to come out so that'll be two jobs together. Thanks by the way for the input over some seat adjust drive bushes (earlier thread) I haven't made any progress with those, but the seats are back in for now so I can't take photos atm. Back to that repair kit; does it have (or need) any instructions?
Thanks again.
A repair kit sounds just what I need then! It's a right hand drive. I'm planning to change the engine mounts as well, the engine sits up ok but I think they've gone hard as rock over the years - the car is very low mileage (would you believe 5800 ml over 21 years? The guy had a collection of porsche, ferrari, maserati etc. The car broke down one fine day (LH control unit) and he got rid of it!) To change mounts I reckon the rack has to come out so that'll be two jobs together. Thanks by the way for the input over some seat adjust drive bushes (earlier thread) I haven't made any progress with those, but the seats are back in for now so I can't take photos atm. Back to that repair kit; does it have (or need) any instructions?
Thanks again.
