My rack is leaking a prodigious amount of power steering fluid out the end the passenger side, despite the addition of two bottles of 'stop leak'. I'm thinking about pulling it out, but the fluid supply and return compression fittings into the top of the rack appear to be impossible to access. Not to mention super-tight from what I can tell.

Is there some trick to getting these off without cutting the oil lines? Or maybe I should let my mechanic have the fun of doing this one? I did my VW rack a few years ago, this appears to be much harder.

Has anyone replaced the seals only? Or is a new rack $$$ the only way to go?

http://volvospeed.com/Repair/power_steering.pdf
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Ken

I've done mine TWICE. Just jack the car up and get a good grip of the spanner to get the nuts loosened. As I tell everyone who is replacing their rack, fit a magnefine filter or you will be replacing the rack in a couple of years like me. http://www.emergingent.com/subpage1Magnefine.htm

Best get a rebuilt rack as it will cost a lot less than a new one. If you replace just the seals, you will be replacing them again fairly soon as this doesn't work very well I've read.
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Tek