Technical Pands and Fiat 500 steering racks

[Galahad]

Got a bog standard 1.2 2007 Panda, got way too much movement I'm the rack which will necessitate a replacement rack.

Can anyone confirm whether or not a similar aged Fiat 500 rack will be the same or not?

Got a mate that bought one for a Fiat 500 and it ended up being a damaged hub so he has a rack surplus to requirements.

 

[varesecrazy]

Got a bog standard 1.2 2007 Panda, got way too much movement I'm the rack which will necessitate a replacement rack.

Can anyone confirm whether or not a similar aged Fiat 500 rack will be the same or not?

Got a mate that bought one for a Fiat 500 and it ended up being a damaged hub so he has a rack surplus to requirements.

Hi

Compare part numbers on ePER

That will show how many varieties fitted

 

[koalar]

Part numbers do not match

I suspect its to do with different track widths of 47mm

1366 vs 1413


Panda should have one of these numbers on it

Are you 100% the play is in the rack

There been several problems with the column joints such as this

And we see a few MOT failures and advisories for the inner tie rod end

 

[Galahad]

Definitely the rack sadly, the movement is coming from the arm in the rack, not the rack end the track rod connects to.

That's a shame about the 500 being different, prices even second hand seem extreme!

 

[jrkitching]

I've done a quick online search and can see your problem - none of the usual factors have any stock!