i'm looking at buying a 99 a4 and buyer says steering rack is bad and will need to be replaced. was wondering how hard of a project (i would be doing it myself) i am looking at?

 

have fun....i had mine replaced to, with a pump and high pressure line...

with labor, rack and pump.....be ready to pay $1800(mines a quattro)

its a bitch to do and it took the shop 5hrs.....and your pump will be bad...believe me.....once my rack went out...and got tht fixed...my pump was bad.

is it making that damn hisss noise?

 

i dunno i'm just looking at buying an a4 and the guy says the rack is bad. for 5g the cars a deal but i don't want to have to drop a ton of cash after (i'm going to need that money to upgrade the turbo)

 

damn...tht exactly wht i paid...plus the 1800 for steering..

but you dont need to upgrade the turbo yet...get a chip and MBC

 

it's allready chipped, one of the reasons i'm looking @ it - i was also wondering, can i drive it w/o ne steering fluid? [sm=smiley24.gif]

 

The steering rack is easy if its a 1.8T or 2.8L, now if its a 3.0L you might as well stick your head between your legs and kiss your *** goodbye.

 

do not everrr everrr drive a car without fluid.

if your pump is fine now, and you drive it without fluid....your pump will be toast..

and if its a quattro...have fun turning with now powersteering....it was a bitch for me.


what is the problem with the rack?...is it leaking or is it "seized" and making tht god aweful hissss?

 

well it was not easy for mine...and its a 1.8tQ

 

it's a 1.8t quattro the guy says it still works, was leaking a little bit and now is leaking pretty good. but driveable for short distanced if you keep topping off the fluid. i'm pretty mechanical and from reading some writeups and searching it dosn't seem to be too huge of a deal, and pretty inexpencive ($2-300 for the rack) and it sounds like the pump shoud still b good

 

well your research is wrong if your rack is wht they call a KoYo which is $700

mines a 99 and has the koyo...yurs most likely will too.

and dont drive it if its leaking.....find out where its leaking from