I wrecked my car and bent the rack and pinion so I instal...
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Chris (aka-Moose)
260 days ago
Howdy from Tennessee, I'm Chris aka Moose. Who am I helping today? I'm glad you've come here to get help. I will do my best to get the answer you are looking for. I help many customers, so sometimes my replies are delayed, I will respond once available. I try to be online at 1-5 pm and 10 pm-5 am every day.
There is either a lot of air trapped in the rack and pinion, the input shaft is not connected correctly and loosely spinning, the rack is faulty, the pressure and return lines have been reversed on the rack. The symptoms fall more in line with the hoses reversed.
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Customer
260 days ago
Yeah I think I realized my mistake I bought a used rack and when they pulled the rack out they smashed the crossover lines and so I used one of theirs and one of mine it's one of mine was broken also so all the fluid was drained out out of the rack so I installed a rack to had no fluid in what should I do how do I get fluid into the rack
Customer
260 days ago
If the car is off if I turn the wheels left to right can I pull fluid into the rack?
Chris (aka-Moose)
260 days ago
No, that will not work. You must do so with the [engine](/topics-engine-chevy/) idling and steering back and forth from lock to lock.
Chris (aka-Moose)
260 days ago
Checking in with you. Please let me know if you liked my answer, or need more help.
Chris (aka-Moose)
260 days ago
It's been a couple of days since you replied. I am going to mark your question complete for now. Reply as needed.
Customer
260 days ago
Okay thank you for your help I know that's the rack is full of air I can't believe I mean such a mistake .
Chris (aka-Moose)
260 days ago
Glad to help
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