Has anyone out there either rebuilt themselves or had someone rebuild the motor that is attached to the power steering rack on the F type? I'm trying to avoid having to replace the entire rack to the tune of $5k.

I've tried searching other posts but haven't been able to find anything.

 

Wonder if a Salvage yard would sell you the motor only off a wrecked F-type? Have you considered this??

 

The entire rack and pinion setup and motor are all one piece, and the dealer wants $5,200 for a new one. I suppose I could look for an entire piece ( they have them on ebay), but I thought since the motor is the problem, perhaps it could be rebuilt.

In fact I don’t think the problem is in the mechanical part of the motor, the issue is wirh the electronics - wiring and connections are corroded and failing. So its not really a rebuild, i was just wondering what I might be getting myself into in taking this on.

 

After driving in the rain yesterday, code B1304(04) was thrown, and the steering wheel started to shake and become heavy when turning at low speeds. Already scheduled an inspection at the dealership for Tuesday, let's see what happens and what.

 

I had the same code. Intermittent shaking of the
whole steering column and the front wheels were shaking too. If you turn the car off and back on does it reset itself, and then co.e back at some point?

 

In fact, I suspected that a certain module in the trunk had a bad contact. I found a little water at the bottom of the trunk today. I took the battery home to charge and clean up the bottom water. I'll put the battery back tomorrow and see what happens.

 

I was getting water in the trunk during particularly heavy rain and think I've resolved that now. I've got a coupe, and there are plastic channels at the sides of the hatch that feed water to the drains at the rear. There are pins on the underside of these channels that snap into holes in the bodywork. These pins have seals around them and they were not quite sealing. I put a small amount of strip-caulk (also called dum-dum) around those pins and think it's OK now. The rubber on those channels has definitely degraded. It's the same as the plastic to rubber on the piece at the base of the windscreen. It is not holding up.

 

I just replaced a leaking rack on our Maserati with my indie mechanic. We found a highly rated rebuilder in Fla and bought it for $800 vs $3000 from dealer. It came with a lifetime warranty for the core exchange. They do a lot of brands, found on Ebay.

 

Do you have the name of the shop? I will take a look. I heard from my indie mechanic today that I have no option but to replace the rack.

 

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