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1997 Fiat Bravo sterring rack replacement seals

  • 17-04-2015 10:15am
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    I know this might sound a bit tight but i hardly use the car and would bin it before spending €250 on it . I use the car once week typically and use my bike and scooter most the rest of the week

    The steering rack hydraulic is leaking oil and needs a refill every time i go to drive.

    I priced the kits for the replacement seals they cost £35 in the UK and postage etc to my location here in Spain is gonna set me back close to €80

    All I really need is the middle seal as that seems to be the one that is leaking .

    I went the local scrap yards and they will sell me the Left hand drive steering racks for €40. I could canabalise that and use the parts.

    I cant find who supplies the individual seals I figure the single seal I need would cost less than €10 and postage should cost cheap enough could do the whole thing for less than €20

    So looking for any links or suppliers for the individual seals for hydraulics steering would be great either Irl or UK or mainland Europe

    Jed


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  • #2
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    Forgot to say did the stop leak product trip and it didnt work it did reducedthe oil leak but didnt work enough

    Jed


  • #3
    dgt
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    Pity you didnt say sooner, I binned most of my Bravo stuff a few weeks back.

    That included 3 racks :(


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    dgt wrote: »
    Pity you didnt say sooner, I binned most of my Bravo stuff a few weeks back.

    That included 3 racks :(

    Its the thought that counts

    normally Fiat parts are dime a dozen here in Europe bu the end where i am the norm is they dont fix the things but scam the punters with reconditioned units often costing €250 to €300.
    Kits for seal units are rarer than hens teeth in central Europe so its only UK i found them in online and only the full kits

    Also it seems the seals for right hand drive versus left hand drive can be different go figure .

    I am probably buying a another 1999 100K miles south Irish reg car Renault Clio for €250 next week from another Irish guy out here who is going native with LHD spain reg car .

    The Bravo eats fuel hard to get more than ~15MPG around town and on highway often a lot less than ~30 MPG the Internet says it can do at ~70MPH .It eats more fuel than my mates 2.6liter 6 inline 1989 merc uses well nearly

    All,the heap is good for is back up car another car when i get it doesn't work so spending money on it other than a cheap bullet to brain is all I want to spend on it

    Who knows might get lucky yet with good link maybe even to Russia or Greece where they got millions of these things still running


    Jed


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