Series 3 Power steering Rack

[MaxieCoak47]

I have a leaking power steering rack on 1973 Ser 3 Etype . The rack is removed from car and looking for suitable company to rebuild preferably in Southern Hampshire area. Can anybody recommend a company or any suggestion would be welcome. Many thanks. Max

[MSM]

This company comes highly recommended

https://steering-racks.co.uk/

They are not exactly local to you but only a couple of hours up the A34!

[MaxieCoak47]

Many Thanks Mike much appreciated.

[BobV12]

I used Kiley, they were excellent. Courier it to them and it will come back fixed and painted, ready to go straight back on the car.
Bob

[MaxieCoak47]

Many thanks Bob. Toying with taking up myself as Hermes /Post Office have insurance limits and would be expensive to replace. Max

[Nick V12 e type]

100% recommendation for Kiley Clinton in Birmingham. I had 2 V12 racks rebuilt, excellent service from a family business.
Roger and Oliver really know their subject and have always offered me a cup or tea when visiting.

Kind regards
Nick

[Woolfi]

What is the price of such a rebuilding of a power steering rack ?

Regards Wofgang Gatza

[vee12eman]

It’s not actually that difficult to rebuild yourself. I have done it twice to the same rack and yes, I did rebuild it myself a second time because it began leaking after around 8 years of fairly light use. However, I learned the first time that the main issue was damaging the inner seals when re-installing the piston/rack. The problem is that the teeth can damage the seal and the trick to prevent this is to tightly wrap the teeth section of the rack with a couple of layers of insulation tape to smooth things out and use plenty of steering fluid to lubricate it during insertion. I say a couple of layers, but if that proves too tight ( depending on the thickness of the tape), try one layer, ensuring an overlap of each successive winding of the tape:


Regards,
Simon S-Y