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Steering rack?
sean.smithy94:
I've got it booked in at another garage on Friday, just for a second opinion really, there's no way I'm paying for a brand new one! Seems as though finding a second hand one isn't very easy and recon ones seems it can be expensive, it's looking likely to be the rack but I'm really hoping it's not!
g4fus:
hi i had a problem with my rack turned out the rack was not central count the turns from center to the right and then center to left i had to remove the steering wheel and move it a 1/4 turn to center the rack as when i turned to the right i had 1 and a 1/4 turns and i had 1and 3/4 turns to the left once i moved the steering wheel and had the tracking done i drove the car for about 10 miles switched it off and then switched it on and then turned the steering all the way to the left held it there for about 2seconds then center and then to the right for 2 seconds then back to the center and the light went off and steering worked fine hope this helps
99hagued:
http://www.acspowersteering.co.uk
I paid £400 for new gen 3 rack from these guys :happy2:
SI-R32:
Couple of things to remember buying any rack gen 2 or 3 you'll probably need VW to install the steering curve into the unit to work with your car I.E to weight the steering correctly.
if you get a gen 3 rack it only has 3 fixing points not 4 like gen 2 so don't think something is missing.
plus if also getting a gen 3 when you previously had gen 2 you'll need to buy a wiring loom from VW 100+ as the gen 2 wiring will not fit gen 3 rack, part number 1K2971111AJ
Dan_FR:
Steering weight profile only applies to a 'new' rack.... A used rack will still have the steering weight profile present, which is why if you go for a used GTI rack then you don't need a dealer flash.
Upgrading to Gen3 isn't just the £100+ loom, in some cases a new subframe is needed too which is definitely a 'second hand' jobbie as they're pretty steep from VW
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