Southernwood 0 Posted November 30, 2004 The steering rack pipes on my car are rotten and have burst, does anyone do replacement pipes, I have tried VAG but they say you can only buy them with a Rack! Does anyone know of anywhere that does them or should I try somewhere like pirtek to try and make some up from the old pattern? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louie Lungbubble 0 Posted November 30, 2004 Exactly the same thing happened to me last week. http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17535 Yes, VW will only sell the pipe with a rack attached! Local garage had to get a replacement pipe made up for me, cost £40 in the end. Not bad that, I thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted November 30, 2004 The steering rack pipes on my car are rotten and have burst, does anyone do replacement pipes, I have tried VAG but they say you can only buy them with a Rack! Does anyone know of anywhere that does them or should I try somewhere like pirtek to try and make some up from the old pattern? Passat hoses are virtually identical to the corrado ones, equivalent year needed. I got a virtually new looking pump-to-rack pipe for about 25 quid from Volks-Apart in London for my 1990 16v. David. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted November 30, 2004 Personally I intend to get some nice new stainless steel braided ones from http://www.Thinkauto.com when mine die... 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mildmanneredjanitor 0 Posted November 30, 2004 When I had mine replaced (for it's MOT) VW quoted me silly money for pipes (about £180 I think?) so the garage removed them for me and I had some made for about £45 I think, good quality too, the garage had trouble getting one of the ends over the connector (reservoir?) though because the metal braid in the hose made it less flexible. :roll: The connectors used are the expensive bit apparently, they aren't commonly used in the industry. Good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southernwood 0 Posted November 30, 2004 It's actually the pipes on the rack and not the pump/reservoir ones I mean. Cheers guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevemac 0 Posted November 30, 2004 It's actually the pipes on the rack and not the pump/reservoir ones I mean. Cheers guys. Your local branch of "Pirtek" will make some new pipes for you - check the yellow pages. We used them a few times when I used to work for Mercedes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigpants baby 0 Posted November 30, 2004 i have some you can have for just p+p Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southernwood 0 Posted December 1, 2004 Are VR6 pipes the same? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southernwood 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Does anyone know if VR6 pipes are the same as a 1.8 16v????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted December 2, 2004 Given that VR6s have completely different steering racks from the earlier models, I very much doubt it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
