Reman steering racks

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Wed, 20 Sep 1995, Jakov Seizovic wrote:

> the other hand, they don't really know hot to fix it.  The rebuilt racks 
> fail at just about the same interval as the original ones.

My friends at the local VW/Mazda dealer supply a shop with the Audi 
rebuild kits, and the shop then rebuilds them with Stainless Steel 
sleeved housings, so that the pistons do not wear out the housing.  This 
solves the problem, making the rack a piece that lasts the life of the 
car.  I have one, and it feels great from a steering feel perspective, 
and although, I have only had it for a few months, the reports from the 
dealer, are that they last fine.

Later,											
Graydon D. Stuckey										
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, GDS Racing Stage II				
'83 Mazda RX7 w/13B, GDS Racing Stage 58474