997.2 inner tie rods
Discussion
Is this a car you are thinking of buying? If so I'd get that investigated further.
I was discussing power steering leaks with someone recently as the hard lines on my rack sprung a leak. This person had suffered a failure of the inner seal in their rack which had presented itself as a leak at the inner tie rod boot. The fix was a new rack which wasn't cheap.
Given that the outer tie rods are cheap I'd also replace them unless they looked relatively new.
I was discussing power steering leaks with someone recently as the hard lines on my rack sprung a leak. This person had suffered a failure of the inner seal in their rack which had presented itself as a leak at the inner tie rod boot. The fix was a new rack which wasn't cheap.
Given that the outer tie rods are cheap I'd also replace them unless they looked relatively new.
Edited by nunpuncher on Tuesday 15th June 11:39
If that is the issue then definitely replace both the inner and outer (the inner is the harder one to do).
Don't buy from Porsche though, they are made by TRW for Porsche (I think?) and you can easily source the TRW ones directly from the likes of Autodoc - only costs about £50 a side for both inner and outer... Porsche parts will be multiples of that...3x
Don't buy from Porsche though, they are made by TRW for Porsche (I think?) and you can easily source the TRW ones directly from the likes of Autodoc - only costs about £50 a side for both inner and outer... Porsche parts will be multiples of that...3x
nunpuncher said:
Is this a car you are thinking of buying? If so I'd get that investigated further.
I was discussing power steering leaks with someone recently as the hard lines on my rack sprung a leak. This person had suffered a failure of the inner seal in their rack which had presented itself as a leak at the inner tie rod boot. The fix was a new rack which wasn't cheap.
Given that the outer tie rods are cheap I'd also replace them unless they looked relatively new.
No its a car that I did purchased back in April, the guy who inspected it gave it a good look over and suggested it could be left until its service next year however I would like it done sooner. I was discussing power steering leaks with someone recently as the hard lines on my rack sprung a leak. This person had suffered a failure of the inner seal in their rack which had presented itself as a leak at the inner tie rod boot. The fix was a new rack which wasn't cheap.
Given that the outer tie rods are cheap I'd also replace them unless they looked relatively new.
Edited by nunpuncher on Tuesday 15th June 11:39
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