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olliejones8
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Help regarding steering rack

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hi guys, just wondering how hard it is to change a steering rack on a 1998 1.2 16v corsa?

How much am i looking at to have the work done at a garage?????


cheers

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Re: Help regarding steering rack

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hey ollie. Its not too hard pal.

Easier to do with the engine out, but just means ya have to go from underneath rather than the top.

Is it PAS or normal??
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chrex wrote:hey ollie. Its not too hard pal.

Easier to do with the engine out, but just means ya have to go from underneath rather than the top.

Is it PAS or normal??
hello matey, how are ya?

Its EPS,

also have you ever adjusted the torque sensor on the steering cloumn??? Iv found a thread on the net telling you how to do it, and i have taken everything off and i can see the sensor just wondering how to adjust it
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Re: Help regarding steering rack

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ahh...i have no experience wit EPAS. I simply took my power steering off...and put a normal rack on.

sorry bud...cant be of much use here it seems.
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A std rack and an EPAS rack are the same.
to change is ok like chris said - easier if engine is out.
where are you ? - if local to me might be able to help :D
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offplot wrote:A std rack and an EPAS rack are the same.
to change is ok like chris said - easier if engine is out.
where are you ? - if local to me might be able to help :D
Hello matey, i live in Buckinghamshire
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only a couple of hundred of miles away
And I am back in a B after all these years whoop
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Bit too far unless you are DESPERATE and PAY THE FUEL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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offplot wrote:Bit too far unless you are DESPERATE and PAY THE FUEL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
ha ha, nah im alright cheers mate, But cheers for the offer
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NO WORRIES FELLA :)
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or you could have video confrence lol

get ur lappy t out side and get the webcam on the go and ppeople off here can log in and give you usefull help now that would be usefull having the corsa Gurus pratically there
And I am back in a B after all these years whoop
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