Need help, power steering not working....
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 1999
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From: Troutman, NC
Need help, power steering not working....
We just changed the steering rack with a rebuilt GM rack.
When I tried the car out on the parking lost, the power steering wasn't working. The guys who changed the rack assured me they bled the system per the instructions before they started the car.
I put the car on jack stands and bled it again according to the instructions and still no power assist.
The pump is not making any noise. Any other ideas on what to check?
TIA.
When I tried the car out on the parking lost, the power steering wasn't working. The guys who changed the rack assured me they bled the system per the instructions before they started the car.
I put the car on jack stands and bled it again according to the instructions and still no power assist.
The pump is not making any noise. Any other ideas on what to check?
TIA.
Last edited by Falcon; Nov 12, 2007 at 08:28 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 936
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From: England United Kingdom
Hi matey
apart from the two hoses that connect up to the rack shoot what else is there, right! i cant remember if those fittings are the same size.like they may be the wrong way round.in /out and out/in.
and also what made you think it was the rack,and not the pump????if you know where im going.it woudnt be the 1st time someone has fitted
a bad (new) part. hope you get it sorted soon as.
nitro uk
apart from the two hoses that connect up to the rack shoot what else is there, right! i cant remember if those fittings are the same size.like they may be the wrong way round.in /out and out/in.
and also what made you think it was the rack,and not the pump????if you know where im going.it woudnt be the 1st time someone has fitted
a bad (new) part. hope you get it sorted soon as.
nitro uk
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 1999
Posts: 6,692
Likes: 56
From: Troutman, NC
Hi matey
apart from the two hoses that connect up to the rack shoot what else is there, right! i cant remember if those fittings are the same size.like they may be the wrong way round.in /out and out/in.
and also what made you think it was the rack,and not the pump????if you know where im going.it woudnt be the 1st time someone has fitted
a bad (new) part. hope you get it sorted soon as. nitro uk
apart from the two hoses that connect up to the rack shoot what else is there, right! i cant remember if those fittings are the same size.like they may be the wrong way round.in /out and out/in.
and also what made you think it was the rack,and not the pump????if you know where im going.it woudnt be the 1st time someone has fitted
a bad (new) part. hope you get it sorted soon as.
nitro ukOh, I forgot to mention this is a race car. I replaced the rack because it was leaking pretty badly from the driver's side boot. After removing it we discovered the bracket that held the old rack to the cradle was busted off, probably from an incident I had with a wall earlier in the year. That's why the rack was replaced.
The P/S pump is a 1st Turn pump and was just installed in the spring of the year, so I don't think that's bad.
You're right, there aren't that many things that could be wrong, just irritating.
