Adrian 3320
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Hope this helps as I couldn't find anything to help me with this project
My Sons car came up with the message and he lost power assist causing the steering to become heavy, we took the car to a Holden Service Center and was informed that the computer did not log any errors and they could not find anything wrong with the car.
This happened a few more times, but turning the car off and on again would fix the issue…. Until it didn’t, I contacted Holden Service Center again and was informed that the rack would need to be replaced at our expense as the car was no longer under warranty and this model was not covered by the recall from a few years ago… pffft
After looking online for some answers and not finding much I started looking for a new/used Steering motor (apparently the fault lies with corrosion in the connections somewhere in the motor) but found it was cheaper and easier to buy a complete rack from the wrecker (they gave me a 6 month warranty) Under $200
With the car up on ramps I slid my fat ass under to take a look at what I was getting myself into, I was hoping to just change over the control box on the end of the motor but after opening it I found it was just a cover and the control box was part of the motor.
The Motor has 4 black 10mm bolts holding it onto the Rack to get to the bolts the first 2 are accessible from the top through the engine bay, the forward most bottom bolt is accessible from the bottom after unscrewing the hundred or so torx bits holding on the plastic cover attached to the front bumper and “K Frame” Don’t forget the 2X 13mm bolts in the middle!
To get to the last bolt is where the fun begins (and the swearing!) I loosened the steering rack bolts 2X 18mm bolts at each end, almost completely removing the passenger side ones and getting my son to raise the steering rack with a pry bar far enough to use 2 10mm spanners that were made with slightly different angles cos I could only get a couple of degree turns each time… took a while but got it out!
Once the 4 bolts are out you need to pivot the motor counter clockwise a few degrees to un-tension the shaft off the belt inside the rack and wiggle it out…. It does fit between the Sway bar and the “K Frame” and it has an “O” ring seal so go easy.
Disconnect the electrical connectors by sliding back the white or red plastic locks and depressing the lock.
Then do the reverse to refit the new motor remember to put the 4 black bolts in and then pivot the motor clockwise to tension the belt back up! Before tightening the 4 black 10mm bolts “Ask me how I know”… click click click!
All up it took a couple of hours but so far the power steering seems to be working again with no messages and on the bright side we have spare rack, tie rods, boots etc
My Sons car came up with the message and he lost power assist causing the steering to become heavy, we took the car to a Holden Service Center and was informed that the computer did not log any errors and they could not find anything wrong with the car.
This happened a few more times, but turning the car off and on again would fix the issue…. Until it didn’t, I contacted Holden Service Center again and was informed that the rack would need to be replaced at our expense as the car was no longer under warranty and this model was not covered by the recall from a few years ago… pffft
After looking online for some answers and not finding much I started looking for a new/used Steering motor (apparently the fault lies with corrosion in the connections somewhere in the motor) but found it was cheaper and easier to buy a complete rack from the wrecker (they gave me a 6 month warranty) Under $200
With the car up on ramps I slid my fat ass under to take a look at what I was getting myself into, I was hoping to just change over the control box on the end of the motor but after opening it I found it was just a cover and the control box was part of the motor.
The Motor has 4 black 10mm bolts holding it onto the Rack to get to the bolts the first 2 are accessible from the top through the engine bay, the forward most bottom bolt is accessible from the bottom after unscrewing the hundred or so torx bits holding on the plastic cover attached to the front bumper and “K Frame” Don’t forget the 2X 13mm bolts in the middle!
To get to the last bolt is where the fun begins (and the swearing!) I loosened the steering rack bolts 2X 18mm bolts at each end, almost completely removing the passenger side ones and getting my son to raise the steering rack with a pry bar far enough to use 2 10mm spanners that were made with slightly different angles cos I could only get a couple of degree turns each time… took a while but got it out!
Once the 4 bolts are out you need to pivot the motor counter clockwise a few degrees to un-tension the shaft off the belt inside the rack and wiggle it out…. It does fit between the Sway bar and the “K Frame” and it has an “O” ring seal so go easy.
Disconnect the electrical connectors by sliding back the white or red plastic locks and depressing the lock.
Then do the reverse to refit the new motor remember to put the 4 black bolts in and then pivot the motor clockwise to tension the belt back up! Before tightening the 4 black 10mm bolts “Ask me how I know”… click click click!
All up it took a couple of hours but so far the power steering seems to be working again with no messages and on the bright side we have spare rack, tie rods, boots etc
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