Is a 97 ford taurus worth fixing if the rack and pinion is bad?
Is a 97 ford taurus worth fixing if the rack and pinion is bad?
Hows the trans? Coolant been flushed? If both answers are good, then yes, rack on that takes less than an hour to change. Its one of the tougher ones out there so you know
If the transmission and engine have already been repaired, maybe. Transmission used an aluminum piston cup that was prone to cracking, 3.8L engine prone to head gasket failure.
How do you know the rack and pinion is bad? One way to know for certain. Turn wheel all the way to left or right. As you accelerate, if the car begins to straighten out then the rack is fine. If not, then it's shot. Find an empty parking lot to test this out.
- One side of the power steering rack line on this 91 Ford Taurus is disconnected. Why, and what to do? The power steering rack in my Ford Taurus has a metal rack line that is just laying there unconnected on the front left wheel side of the rack and pinion. Did it just pop out a long time ago? It looks like its been laying there unconnected forever. It seems connected fine on the right hand side, next to the bellows. If I try to plug it back into the fitting for it, will it stay put this time?
- ON my 94 Aspire (ford) the rack &pinion dosen't come out from the car abook said to take off the arm from eit? I have a ford aspire 1994 the rack and pinion leaks bad so I disabled it but it doesn't come out through the wheel well. Iread somthing about remove ing a arm from it to come out under the car. How do I remove A arm from the unit?