The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

'93 244 M47 Steering Rack/Power Steering Question 200

posted by  ONLY240 on  Sat May 21 10:49 CST 2011
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Mon Jan 16 11:23 CST 2012
[RELATED]

Well finally after months of sitting under mounds of snow I got the time to do some investigation.

I originally suspected that the steering rack blew a gasket as the PS fluid was low and kept leaking when filled. As the fluid lowered the steering got harder.

It appears it may be the age old and regualar problem of corrosion. It looks like the metal connector tubes at the rack end of both the high and low pressure hoses are badly corroded and may be the source of the leak.

Rahter than go ahead and buy a remanufactured rack and take the existing one off I wonder if just replacing the high and low pressure hoses will do the job.

Has anyone experienced this issue? I live in winter salt misery and have had anumerous corrosion problems with electrical/brake/lighting/transmission/ and now hydraulic connectors.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Al






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.