PAS racks

[Gambit]

anybody ever heard of the actual rack failing?

reason being is that yesterday mine decided to dump the complete contents on to the road

weird thing was though, it dumped it all thru the O/S end of the rack, i could have swore the piping only went into the N/S

anyhow, ive left it in with the mechanic who is going to have a gander at it, but im fearing the worst. he said it could be something as simple as split pipe, or at the worst the rack itself is knackered

any idea's?

Cheers,
Craig
91 16v

[golfvr6]

If it isn't a pipe then the seals on the rack have gone. I would think a pipe leak is more likely.

[Gambit]

i hoping its a pipe leak also!

[15 inches]

Hey i was just about to post for answers to -yes the PAS on my passat has started loosing fluid .
Can the seals be repaired???
And ant one know what sort of? a new rack would cost. :'(

Cheers

[Gambit]

GSF have new rack for ?129 + VAT

thing with mine was that it wasnt loosing fluid, something just went and it dumped all the fluid in one go, hence why i dont think its the seals

i should find out later just how bad my xmas is going to be!!

[golfvr6]

A nice pig of a job to do too! good luck  

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

I heard there was a difference between the 8v and 16v racks. any truth to this?

[Gambit]

well f**k f**k f**k

its is the rack itself, the union where the column goes into the rack is totally shafted

pretty easy trying source on in the isle of f**kin man

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

GSF is sh!te but they have them listed at 151.00. Is it hard getting suppliers to ship to the isle of man? If it would help your welcome to get it shipped here and I'll have it mailed to you. I put one in a renault 19 a year ago. what a pain in the @rse that was.

[Gambit]

things aint looking so bad, ive managed to source a rack in England for 70 +vat delivered!!

and ive manged to get a lend of a MX6 until mine is back on the road.