Stearing I went to a mechanic and they said my rack for my power stearing is leaking and noisey. They said the rackopinion stearing is bad? Will the whole thing need to be replaced?

Inspect the source of leakage. (Power steering pump,
clamps, discharge or high pressure pipe, suction or low side pipe, rack and pinion assembly).
- Vibrating while braking means the front wheel brake rotors are warped or rear brake drums are eccentric. (Tooling is required)

Steering Rack Bellows?

Rack is bad, replace it, leaking seals, no fix,
they are rebuilt in a factory

Your steering rack seals are suspect. They will leak into the rack boots and you will not see a thing if your boots are OK.

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David

Check the steering rack to make it's not leaking, also verify the fluid level in the pump.

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You should not be afraid to take it back to your mechanic, and tell him that he has not cured the problem.

Possibly it is one of the steering rack pipes that just needs tightening, or it is a high pressure hose faulty, or the pump, or at the worst, maybe the new steering rack is faulty, and he can then sort out a replacement under warranty.

Put some cardboard on the floor, and try to get a pin point, as to the exact source of the drip, this is the true crux of the matter.

Good Luck !


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John

Have the steering gearbox checked.  If fluid loss was severe.  Wear in steering box causes excessive play in steering controls.  Take on one concern at a time.  They do not seem to be related

aside from any obvious leaks from the hoses or fittings, or the pump. typically if you were to pull the rubber dust boots of the ends of the rack, any fluid inside the boot would indicate a bad rack. hope this helps.

their is no trick. i have a 96 accord that the pump ran dry and went bad after an accident when i replaced it all i used was one 12oz bottle of lucas power stearing fluid and toped off with honda power stearing fluid.. if ur pump or rack and pinion are dry bleed the system befor running to avoid a dry start whitch could cause the new pump to go bad just pull the old pump and install new one . takes about .5 hours