Could I kill my steering rack?

[Huw Powell]

when i got my coupe it did not have power steering.  PO mumbled
something about it handling better like that.  drove it that way for two
years until a date mentioned something about how old the car was that it
did not have PS... my pump was shot from running dry - caused by a
rusted out little hard line.

so... the no PS was originally caused by rust, not coolness.  And
running the car for years that way did not seem to hurt the rack at all.

heck, you're just gonna spin the wheel with the tires in the air while
flushing fluid?

> kbogach wrote:
> 
> Hi all.
> I am trying ask same question a little differently: could I kill the
> steering rack if I turned the wheel from lock to lock with empty
> hydrolic fluid reservoir trying to purge the old fluid from the rack?
> After thorough bleeding I don't have proper power assist in the
> steering system. Breaks are ok. Could I blow something inside the
> steering rack?
> 
> Konstantin Bogach
> 200tq '89

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Huw Powell

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