remanufactured steering racks

[anthony_c]

has anyone dealt with http://www.carsteering.com?

they advertise reman'd steering racks for 215 +core. i asked who the remanufacturer was and indicated that it was done in-house.

[JohnnyO]

I believe rockauto.com has them too. In house is probably all you will find. You might try zbarn.com or dannysdatsuns.com. They might not be rebuilt but if they tell you they are good you can bank on it.

[anthony_c]

rock auto didn't show any, but zbarn did and they're awfully proud of them:

ST1025 Rack and pinion assembly 260-280Z 8/73-78 OEM $915.00

ST1125 Rack and pinion assembly 260-280Z 8/73-78 RMF $495.00

ZOINKS!

[sblake01]

O'Reilly's (Kragen) has them for $232.99 including the inner tie rods. They come with a lifetime warranty.

[mgmoreau]

has anyone dealt with http://www.carsteering.com?

they advertise reman'd steering racks for 215 +core. i asked who the remanufacturer was and indicated that it was done in-house.

Hi AW,

I just installed a rebuilt steering rack from carsteering.com and was very satisfied. They shipped it out quick and provided the return label for the core. I received the credit for the core within 10 days of shipping it back to them. I was given the name of this site from the president of our local Z club. He has used them and he races his Gnose Z and was very happy with their rack. The rack does include the two inner tie rods.

I would highly recommend them.

[anthony_c]

sblake,

i could not find that item on their website. can you post a link to the page?

thanks,

tony

[sblake01]

After checking into it, the price I said was for a 75-78 280Z rack. They want more ($347) for a 260Z rack and it only comes with a 1 yr warranty. You'd do better with the one you linked to.

[Inf]

RockAuto had them up until a month or two ago. I priced it into a list of parts from them back in the spring, and left it off my order for later. Went back a few weeks ago and it was gone. The price wasn't as good as CarSteering anyway, I think I may go with them.

Please let us know how your experience goes AW.

[anthony_c]

ok, in the spirit of giving back, here's what i've found so far. perhaps it will save someone else some leg work.

<table border=1>

<tr align="right"><td></td> <td>price</td> <td>core charge</td> <td>shipping</td> <td>availability</td> <td>p/n</td> <td>brand</td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>carsteering.com</td> <td>215</td> <td>100</td> <td>free</td> <td>24 hrs</td> <td>80-70087</td> <td></td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>advanceautoparts.com</td><td>258</td> <td>29</td> <td>free</td> <td>24 hrs</td> <td>RP2101</td> <td>Fenco</td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>autozone.com</td> <td>285</td> <td>36</td> <td>free</td> <td>3-5 days</td> <td>6823</td> <td>ATSCO</td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>sfxperformance.com</td> <td>252</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.00</td> <td>14 days</td> <td>MOOES2109R</td> <td>Moog</td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>black dragon</td> <td>399</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>62-479-Z</td> <td></td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>thezstore.com</td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>zcarsource.com</td> <td>302.52</td> <td>150</td> <td>36.97</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>zparts.com</td> <td>?</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr>

<tr align="right"><td>oreilly</td> <td>$347</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr>

</table>

Edited September 10, 2010 by awconroy

[ta240]

Having bought one before from AutoZone that ended up being worse than the one it replaced. My opinion is stay clear of the chain stores. A warranty is great until you have to keep replacing it. The little guys aren't going to want to keep replacing them so I'd think/hope theirs would be much more solid.

[anthony_c]

agreed ta, cheap parts+good warranty just amounts to a perpetual PITA.

thanks for everyone's suggestions. since there's been no negative feedback and they have the best price i guess i'm going with the carsteering.com option.

[Powderkeg]

You might try rareparts.com out of Stockton, CA

Dave Ruiz