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Old 06-24-2013, 07:42 AM
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Default power steering leak , coming from steering box

hello, i want to repair the leak from my steering box, how hard to replace oil seal in steering box, can i do it by myself, i'm average mechanic. is there a tutorial for this? please help.
by the way i've try the stop leak formula twice but nothing happen.
 
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Old 06-24-2013, 07:39 PM
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There are several places a "rack" might leak from.......can you narrow it down for us?
 
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Old 06-25-2013, 12:26 AM
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so it called steering rack not box, the mechanic from the change oil shop told me that leak is coming from the box. and also told me the the job is not that easy, before you can take out the whole rack you need to remove lot of parts.
 
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Old 06-25-2013, 07:51 AM
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That IS true, you have to remove a lot of stuff to get the rack out.

There's several places for the steering rack to leak.
- seal where the steering shaft (from the steering wheel) enters the rack.
- bellows at each side, where the tie rods come out from the rack.
- tube fittings where the power-steering fluid pipes connect to the rack.
Some of these places you might be able to fix in-place?
 
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