I dont often drive my 96 integra .. so one day i noticed a big leak and no powersteering left. THen i notice that the tie rod boot is ripped pretty bad. My question is can the leak come out from ripped boot ? if no , what can cause my leak ? i mean it just happened like 2 days ago. kinda strange

THanks for the help.

 

yes or no ?????????????????

 

What happened is your inner tie rod boot ripped, then dirt got onto the steering rack. When the dirt on the rack continue to wear on the seal at the end of the rack it caused a leak. Thus, why you have a torn boot and a leaking rack. Best bet is to replace the rack.

 

can i just replace the boot ? and the leak will go away ? unless a lhd rack is the same ?

 

lhd is the same as a rhd.

 

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No.

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No.

You're going to have to contact a JDM importer and ask them to pull you a good used steering rack from one of their front end clips.

 

isnt the parts the same ? just flipped ?

 

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No. If you flipped the steering rack upside down, the car would turn left when you turn the wheel right - because the top of the pinion is moving in the opposite direction from the bottom of the pinion.

 

of course you dont flipp the rack...all youre doing is just replacing the parts. ( seals and whatnot ?) right ?

 

Sorry, I misunderstood your question.

I've no idea if all the seals and other minor components are the same. You'd think they would be, but you never know until you try.

 

your seals on your rack could be messed up so you might have to replace your rack n pinion.. i had the same problem with my prelude. i had to replace the rack