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I had the rack and pinion replaced because it was I was losing power steering fluid and it was leaking on the bottom of the rack. Now, I still notice over the past couple weeks I've been slowly losing power steering fluid. The guy at the auto store told me to put some dye into it and you'll find out where the leak is. It will show as the leak as yellow.
I sure do. I took a picture of it. Is there a gasket that needs to be replaced or does the whole pump have to be be replaced?
It's a $3 dollar oring you get from Honda. You can also just replace all the orings in the power steering pump which takes about a half hour while you're at it. The power steering pump seal kit is like $20 from any auto parts store. Just make sure to pick up a bottle of Honda power steering fluid and dab each oring in power steering fluid when you add each new oring to the pump. It's leaking from the oring behind that rubber hose's joint in the middle. Keep in mind the pulley bolt is reverse threaded so it will be clockwise to remove it. You can use a vacuum pump to remove all the old power steering fluid from the reservoir and just readd new fluid to it from your new bottle.
I just watched your video. One thing I want to point out is that whenever you are driving in a bearing, if the outer circumference of the bearing is being pressed in against something then you only want to press on the outer circumference. If the inner circumference of the bearing is going into something then you only want to push in the inner circumference. This is really important. When driving in the shaft you pressed into the inner circumference while you needed instead to press in the outer circumference. So basically you shoulda used something like an axle socket to press in the shaft so it only touched the outer circumference of the bearing. It's likely you have significantly shortened the life of that bearing, if not severely damaged it.
I just watched your video. One thing I want to point out is that whenever you are driving in a bearing, if the outer circumference of the bearing is being pressed in against something then you only want to press on the outer circumference. If the inner circumference of the bearing is going into something then you only want to push in the inner circumference. This is really important. When driving in the shaft you pressed into the inner circumference while you needed instead to press in the outer circumference. So basically you shoulda used something like an axle socket to press in the shaft so it only touched the outer circumference of the bearing. It's likely you have significantly shortened the life of that bearing, if not severely damaged it.
Yes I agree with you but the bearing went in with very little effort so I hope no damage has been done. My main concern was to keep it strait.
Losing power steering fluid
