The 'E' Type Forum

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

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!

Many Thanks Mike much appreciated.

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

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

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

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

Regards Wofgang Gatza

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