Could I kill my steering rack?

[kbogach]

I like to drive like this unless I have to park in a city. This is not a fun
at all. But the problem is that I want to buy another audi for myself and
give this one to my wife and there is no way she will agree. I NEED to fix
it!  Changing rack is the last resort but I want to understand the possible
reason first.

Konstantin Bogach.



----- Original Message -----
From: Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net>
To: kbogach <kbogach at home.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: Could I kill my steering rack?


> 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
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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