Posts Tagged: power steering rack leak

Steering rack leak: Most common causes

Here are the 6-most common causes of a power steering rack leak An hydraulic power steering rack leak can develop in three ways: 1) The seals have worn out due to age, heat or contaminated power steering fluid 2) Excessive pressure has damaged the seals 3) The metal hydraulic piston has worn, creating excessive clearance between the piston and the seals. 4) You’ve had a pump failure and failed to flush the system and install an in-line filter 5) You’ve let the pump run low on fluid and it has … Read More