I had a mech. fix my rack and pinion in 2004.
Today my wife tells me a mech. told her I need a new rack and pinion, could that be possible?
Would the new one go bad so fast. How do you know you need a new rack and pinion.? Thank for you help and GOD bless.
Peter
2006-11-22 09:41:34 · 4 answers · asked by peter 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Nissan
You can crawl under the front of your vehicle with a flash light, and look at the steering rack bellows, if there is fluid coming from them, The seals for your inner tie rods are fubar, and your rack needs replaced. If you had a remanufactured rack put on, then it just may need replaced. You should get in touch with the original mechanic that installed it and ask if there was a lifetime warranty on it. If so then you won't have to pay to have it replaced, but you will have to pay the labor cost to replace it.
2006-11-23 10:46:52 · answer #1 · answered by quick_ridez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three ways to tell if you need to replace your steering rack. #1 Leaking #2 excessive steering slack. #3 hard to steer excessive effort at steering wheel. The last one can be combined with new powersteering pump. 19 year old Sentra. Have you driven a new larger better Sentra Lately?
2006-11-23 01:13:18 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure it wasn't a rebuilt one? And did the first mechanic actually do the work he stated? That is quite possible, as its rather difficult to see the rack, behind the engine.
2006-11-22 09:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Silverstang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, it does. quite somewhat all the front wheel and all wheel rigidity vehicles have rack and pinion steerage. IMHO, rack and pinion steerage supplies you extra useful reaction and dealing with than a drag link form gadget.
2016-11-29 09:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋