AU steering rack

[Graeme Remihana]

Hi guys just joined your forum a couple of days ago and was reading through bits and pieces. found some info on recall for steering racks. I got 3 AU's 2 LTD's and 1 Fairlane but never got anything about recalls had them all from new so not as if ford don't no i got em. maybe ford nz are a bit slack.
Whats a spindle valve?
The rack in the 2000 ltd v8 packed up a couple of weeks ago was heavy turning to the right at low speeds so I took it in had a slight weep on the right end boot..They removed the rack assembly and replaced the spindle valve.
didn't fix it. It was in the shop for a week while they searched for a new or second hand rack. they couldn't find one in nz so i told them to get one from Oz. they said that'll take a week. so I visited the boss's office and let him no i was a wee bit ****ed. He went out in the car sale yard and told the mec's to yank one out of a v8 on the lot. I got the car back the next day along with the 1008.90 labour charge that will cause another visit to the boss's office with a similar attitude as I had the first time.
they stripped mine which they should have done in the first place to find it had a blown rack piston seal which I suspected when I took it.
pretty slack eh. It seems like they dont know how to fix things just know how to replace them.

[HLC]

that blows big time...

there are several threads about the steering rack and other recalls. just do a quick search and that should bring them up with all the details.