Member Since: 09 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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Steering rack - should I be worried?
Hi
I took the front underbody shield off the old girl at the weekend (dropped a spanner - don’t ask!) and noticed that the bottom of the steering rack was a bit oily. No drips on the underbody tray - just a general oily dampness around the rack where the nut is at the end of the column. Photo attached.
No loss of fluid that I can see and as I say, Nothing on the underbody pans
Is this a rack in need of replacement?
Cheers
AndyD3 - 2008.5MY HSE, Stornaway Grey, RSE etc - all the toys
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21st Sep 2020 10:20 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2462
Undo the clamp and pull the steering gater off the rack if its full of oil you need a new rack
21st Sep 2020 10:23 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Do as said above, but wipe clean and keep on trucking, steering rack has been a sweaty betty for 5.5 years now, the odd wipe and shes good to go
22nd Sep 2020 8:43 am
Brookert
Member Since: 03 Apr 2020
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 52
Sometimes this can just be where the grease to the inner tie rod has broken down over the years and seeped out from the boot.
22nd Sep 2020 9:53 am
rrhool
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22nd Sep 2020 11:34 am
Brookert
Member Since: 03 Apr 2020
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 52
Oh I see.
I think that's the preload adjustment. There's a gasket under there that's probably leaking slightly. If it's only a weep and there's nothing wrong with the rack, I would be inclined to clean it and just leave it.
22nd Sep 2020 11:53 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2462
It could be another leak from above, are you losing any oils?
22nd Sep 2020 1:56 pm
AndyViking
Member Since: 09 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 269
Nope - power steering fluid is all fine. No drips on the undertrained or surrounding metalwork (see photo)
Suspect it’s just a slight weeping gasket tbhD3 - 2008.5MY HSE, Stornaway Grey, RSE etc - all the toys
Grabber AT3s, Smoked Sweeping Side Repeaters
D4 Steering Wheel with BBS boards
IID BT Tool - happy to help with fault codes
22nd Sep 2020 3:35 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Rock and roll baby, keep your money for more important things, like toilet paper and pot noodles
22nd Sep 2020 9:12 pm
AndyViking
Member Since: 09 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 269
Had her since new, 179k of great miles, love her to bits. She gets tender loving care and a few treats when she behaves well and that seems to keep me in good stead. Just had all the rear brake system replaced including the parking brake module so she has been a little spoilt recently. Oh, and a new rear brake pipe as the old one had whatever the brake pipe equivalent is of tin worm!
Next up at some point is the rear air con lines and a new drivers seat lower frame.D3 - 2008.5MY HSE, Stornaway Grey, RSE etc - all the toys
Grabber AT3s, Smoked Sweeping Side Repeaters
D4 Steering Wheel with BBS boards
IID BT Tool - happy to help with fault codes
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