wornclutch
New Member
Hi
I have got the red power steering light on the dash and the steering is gone very heavy. I have been told that the car will need a new power steering rack. I have gone through other discussions but still havent figured it out fully. So a few questions for the experts.
I dont want to spend money on a brand new power steering rack as that would be more expensive than the car itself. I have looked through the service history and dont see any work done to the power steering. So it was probably gen 1 rack. If i find a gen1 or gen2 rack from ebay/breakers, will it be a straight swap or does it need to be coded with VCDS?
I spoke to TPS and Audi both and they told me that the part number for my car that comes up in their data base is 1K2 423 055 JX. Not sure if this part code that they say is the gen 3 that they sell as replacement or the code for gen1.
There are a lot of different racks available on ebay and suppliers like GSF. Some of these are with 4 mounting holes and others have 3 mounting holes. Is that linked to the generation of the power racks?
Thanks for the guidance in advance
I have got the red power steering light on the dash and the steering is gone very heavy. I have been told that the car will need a new power steering rack. I have gone through other discussions but still havent figured it out fully. So a few questions for the experts.
I dont want to spend money on a brand new power steering rack as that would be more expensive than the car itself. I have looked through the service history and dont see any work done to the power steering. So it was probably gen 1 rack. If i find a gen1 or gen2 rack from ebay/breakers, will it be a straight swap or does it need to be coded with VCDS?
I spoke to TPS and Audi both and they told me that the part number for my car that comes up in their data base is 1K2 423 055 JX. Not sure if this part code that they say is the gen 3 that they sell as replacement or the code for gen1.
There are a lot of different racks available on ebay and suppliers like GSF. Some of these are with 4 mounting holes and others have 3 mounting holes. Is that linked to the generation of the power racks?
Thanks for the guidance in advance