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1957 Rebuild or replace leaking Power steering

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I need to replace a leaking power steering ram cylinder. I see that you can either have yours rebuilt or buy a new one, but there are no core charges for the new one.. What have other people found to be the best option? I'm concerned that a new one might be a Chinese knockoff and could leak as badly as my current one. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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cedarbird2 said:
I need to replace a leaking power steering ram cylinder. I see that you can either have yours rebuilt or buy a new one, but there are no core charges for the new one.. What have other people found to be the best option? I'm concerned that a new one might be a Chinese knockoff and could leak as badly as my current one. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks
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Why in the world would you title your post "1957 Bird". I corrected your title. Follow the posting prompts, it says post a summary of what your post is about. We are an all Ford Thunderbird site, so we don't need to know the make and/or model of your car either. 🙄

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The power steering cylinder is easy to remove and rebuild. Half the fun of owning a classic car is doing the work yourself.

I purchased the rebuild kit from CASCO.

Attached are some pictures from when I rebuilt my power steering cylinder.

doug7740
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I've rebuilt a ton of original classic car components, if it doesn't require special tools, like a hydraulic press or welding I usually do it myself, but yeah rebuild kits have gone in the toilet, especially for fuel pumps and water pumps.

Do your homework in that regard... Casco, Echlin or Walker kits for all these items are generally excellent.
 
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