Part number needed asap

[Deedus]

Hi peeps just been informed that I need to replacemy steering rack on my 07 Octavia vrs petrol does anybody know the answer to my conundrum thanks G

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[Crasher]

There is a bewildering array of racks fitted to the PQ35 platform from the various different factories. Your car is likely to have a Generation 2 rack and to use the latest Gen3 revision you would need a conversion harness, VW part number 1K2 971 111 AJ which retails at £103.16. Whichever rack was fitted from the factory, if you fit a VAG exchange rack it will be part number 1K2 423 055 KX which is £1061.04.

[Deedus]

You wouldn't know how much I could tell if I have a gen 2 or a gen 3

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[Deedus]

Is there a way of just looking at it and knowing what rack I have

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[Crasher]

From what I can tell, GEN1 was used up until VIN TMBUF21Z678087783 for the typical UK spec Vrchlabi factory production so around July 2007 production then it changed to what I think was GEN2 for what looks like about six weeks at VIN TMBUF21Z688006001 and then to GEN3, but to me it is all academic as the only way I will fix my customers cars is by fitting either genuine VAG exchange rack 1K2 423 055 KX or ZF. Using a second hand rack can be a bewildering experience, there are so many part number changes it can be very confusing but really all that matters is the plug matches and there is a conversion cable for GEN1/2 to GEN3.





These are just some of the numbers 1K2 423 055, B, C, D, E, F, G, H J, K or now the exchange unit 1K2 423 055 KX or from Bosch since they absorbed ZF under number K S01 000 747 and they list this as replacing the following VAG numbers

1K2 423 055 JX
1K2 423 051 BB
1K2 423 055 FX
1K2 423 055 G
1K2 423 055 GX
1K2 423 055 J
1K2 423 055 K
1K2 423 055 F
1K2 423 051 AB
1K2 423 051 AE
1K2 423 051 AF
1K2 423 051 AG
1K2 423 051 AH
1K2 423 051 AJ
1K2 423 051 AK
1K2 423 051 AL
1K2 423 051 AM
1K2 423 051 AN
1K2 423 051 AP
1K2 423 051 AQ
1K2 423 051 AR
1K2 423 051 AS
1K2 423 051 AT
1K2 423 051 BA
1K2 423 051 BC
1K2 423 051 BD
1K2 423 051 BQ
1K2 423 051 BR
1K2 423 051 CA
1K2 423 051 CB
1K2 423 051 CG
1K2 423 051 CH
1K2 423 051 CL
1K2 423 051 CM
1K2 423 051 CN
1K2 423 051 CP
1K2 423 051 CQ
1K2 423 051 CR
1K2 423 051 CS
1K2 423 051 CT
1K2 423 051 Q
1K2 423 051 R
1K2 423 051 S
1K2 423 051 T
1K2 423 055 C
1K2 423 055 CX
1K2 423 055 D
1K2 423 055 DX
1K2 423 055 E
1K2 423 055 EX
1K2 423 055 JE
3C2 423 051 AD
3C2 423 051 AK
3C2 423 051 AM

[Deedus]

I took this looking down the passenger side I think it's a gen 2 what do you think

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[Deedus]

I found a place in Tamworth that do genuine vag exchange

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[Crasher]

Yes, looks like GEN2 so you would need the adapter harness for GEN3. How much and details of those people?

[Deedus]

295 for a recon or 350 new ACS Power Steering Pumps | Power Steering Racks | Electric Power Steering | Power Steering Specialists

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[Crasher]

They aren't genuine, genuine exchange is £1061.04 inc VAT plus £103.16 for the harness adapter, Bosch (whose picture they have used and doctored) are around £700.