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Replacing the Rack and Pinion 2003 Passat B5.5 v6 2.8 automat- Detour on this version

6K views 1 reply 2 participants last post by  AndreasPassat 
Excellent info :thumbup:

The steering rack is definitely on the top 10 list of worst jobs to perform on our cars. I've replaced 3 steering racks so far and (very) fortunately for me, the engine needed to be pulled for other major work and then it was easy peasy.
Honestly, I don't know if I would even mess around with a steering rack with the engine installed. I would probably find some feeble reason to pull the engine and just take it from there. Oh, and there are a few other members in this forum that can vouch for that last statement about pulling engines. ;)
 
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