steering rack

[kiwiis200]

Hiya fellas, wanting to know does anybody know where i can get a steering rack for a 1999 HSV VT2, got a price off vauxhall liverpool for £459 + vat plus labour. £80 quid an hour thats twice more than our bodyshop charges.talk about extorstion.any ideas? any help would be much appreciated.cheers guys

[Woody vt]

Hi mate. Dont know if you have considered used but this came up on an ebay search. Not sure about shipping however. £80 per hour is unreal! Are you any good with a set of spanners? Not a huge job but will need wheel alignment done afterwards.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SERIES-2-VT-PO

What's up with your rack? Mine has started to make a slight clunk at the front end on initial acceleration from standstill around corners (junctions etc). Not very often but a little concerning. Had a look at the info on the drivers club website and it doesn't appear to be the first fault, as I checked the bolt torques and they were fine so am wondering if the rack is on its way out.

Best of luck.

Woody

[kiwiis200]

him woody, yeh just sent them a message have to make sure its for a v8 not a v6. mines leaking on n/s not bad but seals have gone by the looks got a drip. o/side looking a bit dodgy to.seems as tho it tends to be the n/side one that tends to go.might try to get mates in NZ to source me one probably a hell of a lot cheaper than here thats for sure.certainly shop around for ya fitting prices buddy as vauxhall is a ripoff for labour charges. looked on site and saw its 1 hour tops plus alignment vaux liverpool said 4 HOURS............must be slow or completely shite one or the other...

[Woody vt]

Yeah, I've sent a message just in case too. I might do the same the same as you and get onto the rellies in NZ for a decent quote.

Let me know how it pans out.

Woody