hi i drive a 1999 volvo s70 non turbo where can i buy a good quality steering rack discontine by manufacturer part number 8602270 and 8251305

How did you make out with your replacement steering rack or hydraulic line? Anything yet? I’m curious and I’m sure Bill is as well.

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no not yet honestly im trying to 1 now this rack is discontinued and im going junkyard style because it beats aftermarket would you do that bill

Earlier you said one of your hydraulic lines was rusty and perhaps leaking. Clean it. Search for the source of the leak! Be a detective!

I suggest before buying a junkyard rack you follow Bill's advice from his previous post.


"Put your car on ramps and de-grease (clean as best you can)) all around the
rack and the plumbing lines. Maybe you'll get lucky and find as I did with a
740 years ago that the hydraulic line was leaking and NOT the rack.

If you find the hydraulic line is leaking, it's a lot cheaper and easier to
replace or sometimes repair the leaking section of steel tubing with unions
and new tubing if you have room to cut and flare the tubing, than replacing
the rack."


If it is the line, my first choice would be replacing it. Not cheap though. If you do go the patching line route we can help you with line patching advice if you need it.

If you do need a rack and can't find one locally, the following two used Volvo part stores have good reputations and might be able to help.

1. Voluparts of Atalnta

https://www.voluparts.com/

2. Erie Vo-Vo

https://www.erievovo.com/


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Hi "do you have a name"?,

Did you confirm that the rack and not a hydraulic line is leaking?
You've never indicated that you de-greased the mess underneath by the rack
to identify where the leak is. As far as I'm concerned you're jumping the
gun to replace the rack without diagnosing suggested by me and others.

Go back to your recent posts and respond to the people trying to help you.

Please finish each post with exactly what was wrong and what you did to fix it.
Try to leave answers to each question to help yourself and the next guy.

Your oil leak is where to start. Tell me how the cam seal popped in and out
to leak all kinds of oil around the T-belt.

From your short summary, it's not clear exactly which seal was at fault.
How does a seal pop out and back in again?
Are you using dyno oil? (I've asked before with no reply)
Did you ever do a glove test?
Did you do the repairs for the seal?
Was the T-belt and S-Belt soaked with oil too?
If so did you replace them ?

BB

Can’t help you with a rack vendor. Jorgens had a good reputation but they are closed. Sure someone else can make a recommendation.

Curious: What is the issue with your rack? I remember earlier you had posted about a leak and it turned out to be a leaking camshaft seal which you replaced. Is the rack leaking or is it another issue? I have some experience with Volvo racks. I replaced the rack on my 90 240. The rack on my 95 850 was leaking. I was able to stop the leak by converting the fluid to synthetic ATF.

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my steering rack is leaking from the rusty lines my rack is smi

Hi,

Where did you go ?
I wonder why you don't respond to Jim ?
What is "smi" ?
Is that Russian for leaking hydraulic fluid ?

Put your car on ramps and de-grease all around the rack and the plumbing lines.
Maybe you'll get lucky and find as I did with a 740 years ago that the hydraulic
line was leaking and NOT the rack.

If you find the hydraulic lines leaking it's a lot cheaper and easier to replace or sometimes repair the leaking section of steel tubing with unions and new tubing if you have room to cut and flare the tubing, than replacing the rack.

Hey Jim How are you? I hope you survived that huge snowfall where it came up over your ankles.
So far so good here, and I should have left the studded snows in the garage.
I hope Murphy isn't listening!

Bill

Bill made a really good suggestion here. Put the car up on ramps and check out how extensive the rust is on the hydraulic lines. If the rust isn’t too bad and it is accessible you could cut out the bad section(s), put in new metal tubing and secure each end with unions. I did that on my 90 240 when the tranny cooling lines split from chafing. If you are able to do that, you stand to save yourself a lot of moola…

Howdy Bill,
No snow on the North Shore? We didn’t get much snow. About 5” or so. More in other spots. However…. It did last for almost 2 weeks because it stayed cold. Another mild but dreary winter. Reminds of a PNW winter (I lived in Portland). Sun ☀️ is a scarce commodity there in the winter!
J

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Help me out. What is SMI?

Are you planning on replacing it yourself or taking it to a mechanic?

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hi jm and bb i read my product plate and 26th # will tell you if you have smi rack or trw rack and i think im going to do the work myself im looking for a decent steering rack i might just changing the whole rack i hear maval and atlantic racks are no good what you guys think proparts sweden

Hi ? (S70 owner),

I have no mechanical experience with FWD or AWD racks. Just a PS fluid change in one of my 850’s. Not familiar with SMI. 240’s came with either TRW or CAM racks.

I did a little reading about the racks in your car. Maval rebuilt racks in Saab’s get good reviews. If it were my Volvo, I would buy a remanufactured SMI by Maval from FCPEuro.com. I’ve bought many Volvo and VW parts from them over the years and overall they are great! BIG PLUS - they give a lifetime warranty! The prices are better than I thought too. Check it out…

https://www.fcpeuro.com/Volvo-parts/S70/Power-Steering-Rack/?year=1999&m=20&e=153&t=5&b=5&d=58,797&v=83

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ok great ill check out fcpeuro.com