Rack & Pinion leak

[silversnake]

Discovered a week ago that I'm leaking PS fluid. If I remove the boot that covers the inner tie rod(D.S) i can see where fluid ends up. The passenger side is fine. Before I purchase a new unit, what are my options? Can I buy the sealing kit? I understand that the MM steering gearbox has a different gear ratio than the CV/GM. Any advice to save cost will be considered first.


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[RF Overlord]

From Rock Auto:

http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3818604&cc=1387829&jsn=563

[Zack]

Remove it and have it re-sealed

[silversnake]

Thanks for the reply. It was leaking where lines goes into the steering gearbox. The seals were bad so I replaced with o-rings from the part store. I did order the seal kit just in case the o-rings didn't hold up. So far so good.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170101/1da88ee9ae2f1a4f868d8761fe4cc6 6f.jpg this is where it was leakinghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170101/183fcaecfdab1863f410d11b9997a1 fb.jpgcleaned the gunkhttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170101/2cd67414c9c6fbed63f1d0f519d938 f8.jpgspray paint then reinstalled


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[Zack]

Those are special Teflon rings.
Get those o-rings out ASAP

[silversnake]

Those are special Teflon rings.
Get those o-rings out ASAP


Those Teflon rings didn't look like much but special enough that my local part stores didn't have in stock . I purchased the seal kit from oriellys should be later this morning. Due to work schedule I'll have to wait until Saturday morning. Thanks for the heads up Zack


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[silversnake]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170102/2e0fdd7745c3cfaec0ea42c35fc2cc 3f.jpg hope this is clear enough but as I recall there were two lines that came with o-rings and the other two w/ teflon rings(blue) as Zack mentioned


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[Zack]

The teflon rings are always white. Ford stocks them. The parts store has them packaged in the aisle


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[silversnake]

The teflon rings are always white. Ford stocks them. The parts store has them packaged in the aisle


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[emoji848] the ones I removed were blue in color. I wonder if.......never mind. I'll get the right stuff, it was easy enough to remove and reinstall


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[Zack]

There are only two lines with Teflon rings. I have never had any of the other lines removed like you do


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[silversnake]

There are only two lines with Teflon rings. I have never had any of the other lines removed like you do


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Correct! There are only two lines with teflon rings. The other two that is held down with the small metal plate has o-rings on them. The fluid lines that run along the rack would get stuck where the fake oil pressure sensor is located, so I removed the lines to wiggle it out. I have big hands so I had to make it work for me


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