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240 Anyone try the VP Autoparts 240 steering rack?

cbevis said:
Right on....

I wonder then....probably the one they've got over at IPD is a CVI too. I also wonder if it's worth the gamble. It'd get here the quickest, and it's ~$60 cheaper...

IPD: $475 + $79
CVI: $453 + $159
CVR: $666 +$56
VP Auto: $666 + $76

Then again...what's a 'gamble' when you drive the car less than 1,000 miles a year?
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If the pictures are anything to go by, the iPd one has the plastic preload plug that the original and reman racks have. The other three links have what look like steel plugs. So not the same product at iPd unless they just used whatever pictures they already had. The tube is also painted black.
 
Cwazywazy said:
If the pictures are anything to go by, the iPd one has the plastic preload plug that the original and reman racks have. The other three links have what look like steel plugs. So not the same product at iPd unless they just used whatever pictures they already had. The tube is also painted black.
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It makes me think it is a different source. Wouldn't be surprised if they had enough pull to do that. I am leaning towards CVI/VP/CVR personally.
 
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Well, i'll be damned....the old one WAS a ZF rack. After a side-by-side comparison, I can see why these ZF racks are so desirable. They're beefy...

So...can someone talk to me about mounting hardware? There was a spacer plate that came out from between the rack and cross member, on the driver's side (you can see it in the picture, just left of the steering gear). Does this need to go back in on this newer rack? I've done CAM racks before, but I don't recall there being a spacer there....
 
FYI I asked IPD about their rack and they said it is brand new and sourced through CRP automotive. They speculated the other retailers were also sourcing the same rack, but it was just a guess.

I was able to find a listing on CRP's website for a Volvo 240 rack and it looks the same as IPD's picture, including the black body.
 
cbevis said:
So...can someone talk to me about mounting hardware? There was a spacer plate that came out from between the [zf] rack and cross member, on the driver's side....
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I ended up having to use that spacer plate from the driver's side of the ZF rack after all....but on the passenger side. The cross member interferes with that fitting and line on the passenger side of the CAM rack, and even with that extra spacer under the mounting hardware, the line on this new rack still just barely makes contact with the cross member.

I remember that fitting being awfully close to the cross member the last time I replaced a CAM rack in a 240...but I still don't recall having to shim the CAM mounting hardware....?
 
Got the steering rack today. No padding whatsoever in the box. One of the external hydraulic lines has a scrape or shallow dent on it. Not really all that impressed. Actually kind of pissed off.
 
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Any further updates about new, aftermarket steering racks and mileage on installs?
I notice two people had fitment issue with CVI's "New & exactly as CAM OEM".
VP Auto site has "Made by VP" on (all?) its pages. Confusing if not misleading when looking at Part no: 1272460 and seeing Made by VP. Apparently new per drj434343 per VP Autoparts (Lennart?)


OP - drj434343:
1]type CVI[maybe sold by VP]; installed; "did have to notch my cross member slightly to allow the passenger side hard line to clear"; ok @ 5kmiles​
2]type IPD; installed; (new rack, similar but different to CVI); ok @ a few miles​

@matto371:
type CVI; installed "fit just as it should"; ?miles​

@volvosruinedmylife:
1] type VP Auto CVR; installed; ok @ 500miles​
2] type CVR?; installed; ok @ ?miles​

@cbevis:
type CVI; "I ended up having to use that spacer plate from the driver's side of the ZF rack after all....but on the passenger side. The cross member interferes with that fitting and line on the passenger side of the CAM rack, and even with that extra spacer under the mounting hardware, the line on this new rack still just barely makes contact with the cross member." "Mine went in fine...just really close to the cross member"; ?miles​

spock345:
type VP; not installed yet​

propav8r: type VP No new rack
 
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jimgreene said:
Any further updates about new, aftermarket steering racks and mileage on installs?
I notice two people had fitment issue with CVI's "New & exactly as CAM OEM".


OP - @drj434343 : type CVI; installed; "did have to notch my cross member slightly to allow the passenger side hard line to clear"; ok @ 2kmiles

@propav8r: type VP

@matto371: type CVI; installed "fit just as it should"

@volvosruinedmylife: type VP Auto CVR; installed; ok @ 500miles

@cbevis: type CVI; "I ended up having to use that spacer plate from the driver's side of the ZF rack after all....but on the passenger side. The cross member interferes with that fitting and line on the passenger side of the CAM rack, and even with that extra spacer under the mounting hardware, the line on this new rack still just barely makes contact with the cross member." "Mine went in fine...just really close to the cross member"

@spock345: type ?
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I got the one from VP, it is the same part as CVI. VP just imports a lot of stuff that the European sources like CVI and Skandix carry. The IPD one actually appears to be different.

I am getting close to installing it. My 240 has been sitting as I deal with the 140 and rebuild an M46 to fix the second gear issue. In the mean time the 240 has developed a serious puddle below the steering rack from only sitting for a week or so.
 
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