About 6 months ago I had a minor leak in my steering rack on my 1998 V90, which appeared through the passenger side boot. It worked fine but I wanted to keep things up so I took it to an Indy shop for replacement, I have not used this shop before but it was recommended by a mechanic friend of mine.

They replaced the rack with a rebuilt one Rack #1. The next day going to work it was hard to turn, then was fine. This happened only twice but was ok after that. I called the Indy shop and they took it back in a replaced it with the same brand rack #2.

Rack #2 began leaking about 45 days later, upon examination I found the end cap had fell off and there was so much fluid around the section where the hoses go in I couldn't tell where it was coming from.

The Indy shop replaced it with same brand again Rack #3. That was about 30 days ago. Last night I go home and while backing into my driveway the steering gets real tough, I look in the drive and I see a huge spot where I started backing in and a trail all the way to my car. Checked under the car and this time the section of the rack between the universal yoke and where the hoses go in appears to have separated the retaining ring just hanging.


My question is what is causing this, is it the quality/brand of rack or something else?
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~William~ 1985 240 DL - 357,000 & 1998 V90 - 150,000