Longtime MVS Contributor FireFox31 hits it out of the park with a very nice summary of steering racks available for our P80 Volvos: 850, S70, V70, XC70, all up to model year 2000. Thanks FireFox31!
FireFox31 » For remanufactured power steering racks, which brands are good and which brands should be avoided? What about new aftermarket steering racks? Please share your experiences with the brands, prices, new vs rebuilt, etc.
Brunocerous had a rebuilt power steering rack temporarily seize while driving. That thread refers to many instances of Cardone racks seizing up. The problem was so common that FCP stopped selling Cardone rebuilds. The rack brunocerous had may have been Cardone or BBB, so I’m inclined to avoid both of those brands.
AAE is carried by many retailers. They’re now a CRP brand, so does that increase our trust in them? They offer new and rebuilt racks, but I’m suspicious of the wide variety of prices for each. I’d love to know how they define “new”.
Searching for my 2000 V70 NA FWD, I found the following racks:
Volvo
- Rebuilt for $740 at eEuroparts
- Rebuilt for $880 + $50 shipping at VolvoPartsWebStore
- Rebuilt for $1090 at FCP
TRW
- Rebuilt for $400 at FCP – not available
- Rebuilt for $490 at eEuroparts – not available
Maval
AAE (Atlantic Automotive Engineering), a CRP brand
- New for $300 at RockAuto
- New for $340 at eEuroparts – back ordered
- New for $590 at IPD. Page title contains “reman” but description says “new (not rebuilt)”.
- Rebuilt for $220 at eEuroparts
- Rebuilt for $425 at RM European
- Rebuilt for $545 at Pelican
Rack Doctor
- Rebuilt for $260 – Lifetime warranty, free shipping, no upfront core charge.
BBB Industries: Be wary of?
RockAuto mentions “BBB Industries markets and sells their products under various brand names, including Genco, Vision-OE and Wilson. The product inside the box is the same, no matter what brand name appears on the box.”
RockAuto mentions these have a 3 year, 36k mile warranty.
- New for $710 at RockAuto but VIN requirement doesn’t match mine.
- Rebuilt for $200 at RockAuto
Cardone: Do not buy
Rebuilt for $200 at RockAuto
Part numbers
Part 8251305 for FWD is used by most retailers. It replaces 5003968 (used by AAE), 9140421, 8602270, and many others
The rack is identified by the chassis plate, right column, line five, final digit. VolvoPartsWebStore lists part 9169210 for chassis plate marked 5 (which my FWD is) and part 9140422 for chassis plate marked 4. usparts.volvocars.com lists part 9461279 for $1760. VPWS and volvocars.com have lots of part number cross references.
RockAuto offers different racks when the 11th digit of the VIN is 1 or 2. A VIN info page says 1 was made in Sweden and 2 was made in Belgium.
P80 Volvos Steering Racks & Price
Last Updated on February 8, 2024
