I dealt with a well known supplier of parts that many of us on this BB use, since their web catalog offered a Jorgen rack for my 1998 S90, which I ordered. What arrived was an Atlantic Automotive Enterprises rebuild. Being winter, no garage, and needing to get the car through an overdue safety inspection (failed on leaking rack) I had it installed at a shop. The AAE rack didn't just leak, it hemorraged fluid, which I fortunately discovered before destroying the PS pump. The leak was at the seal where the steering shaft enters the rack body.

I quickly ordered, received, and had installed a rack directly from Jorgen and complained to the first vendor about the apparent bait-and-switch. They were reasonably decent about it and gave me a full refund of the AAE rack cost - and also refunded me a portion of the labor costs which they made plain was not their policy, but because of the error in the catalog, they made an exception.

But I still absorbed plenty of the (2X) labor costs, shipping, hassles. car out of service, etc. etc.

Suggest you get the steering aligned as best you can and drive the car a bit with plenty of lock-to-lock steering moves, then check very carefully for leaks. And don't fasten the inner tie rod boots up until you pull them back and check for leakage there, too, before you pay for a professional alignment and call it a done job.

Hope your experience with the AAE unit is better than mine - they can't all be bad - but there's a reason so many on this BB are going with a few extra $$ for Jorgen.
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Bob: Son's XC70, my 83 240, 89 745 (V8) and XC60. Also '77 MGB and some old motorcycles