neo8222

Well I need a new rack and pinion for my mustang. I'm looking to try and find a good cheap one. manual or power i don't care just something that will work and not have play in it. my tie rod ends are good they were replaced recently but the rest needs help now. I would consider a used one as well if it were off a fairly low miles car.

Basically I'm asking for help to find a good priced unit. If anyone knows a website or has one they would part with let me know, i would greatly appreciate it.

arabianobsession

Latemodel Resto has some, as does CJ Pony parts. You can get a new rack and pinion for around $200, which isn't much to be honest.

neo8222

So far the cheapest ive dound is rock auto at 120. And when i already had to drop 400 on computer parts and got layed off from my other job every penny counts right now .

arabianobsession

^That's cheap as can be, unless you find something used? I'd go for that

03shadow

i found some close to me at like salvage yards etc for 75, sure theyre used but its better than nothing. you might be able to find one with low miles

neo8222

i guess i will contact the all mustang salvage yard near my house and see if they have any good ones. by the way the $120 is on rock auto's website. good place bought a few sensors from them for different cars and they ship fast in case anyone wants to know.

arabianobsession

I've bought stuff from them before myself and never had an issue...quality parts (that are cheap!) and you get them quickly.

petrock

Just curious, but what makes you think its a bad rack-n-pinion? More often then not its just a bad inner and/or outer tie rods, or a bad seal. All of which are easily replaceable, fairly inexpensive and available at rockauto.com. A rack-n-pinion is extremely simple mechanically/internally. So there isn't very much that can go wrong inside it. You'd have to mess up the casing, or the rack/teeth inside the casing to require a replacement rack. Hope that helps...

btw, don't forget to get an alignment after replacing any steering components... Good luck...

Chucks95RT

I am also curious as to how you got this diagnosed.

At low speed(5mph) or stopped, my steering makes a noise like I have no fluid when turning right...left...not so much. I check fluid and it's at the mark; no leaks underneath either.

All4One

Chuck and neo, we may be trying to figure out the same squeaks. Check out my thread to see some other solutions.
https://mustangforums.com/forum/v6-1...omponents.html