Introduces two important new Technical Bulletins for Ford steering applications.

Remy Automotive UK Ltd, the UK’s leading automotive parts remanufacturer, has announced the release of two very important Technical Bulletins aimed at helping installers to overcome well-known problems when fitting steering products for notoriously difficult Ford applications.

Michael Flensborg, Sales & Marketing Director of Remy Automotive UK Ltd. explains: “With every remanufactured product that we sell, we always install fitting instructions in the box to ensure that the installer has access to all the technical information necessary to fit the new product. However, there are certain occasional situations when we are fully aware that these instructions may not be sufficient to clearly solve potential problems. In these situations we therefore prepare a more specialist Technical Bulletin (TB).

“In ten years we have only felt the need to create less than 100 of these. However, we have now felt the need to create TB83 and TB85, which have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the remanufacturing process itself. In each case the bulletins relate to non-return valves for Ford applications, plus Ford applications that can be notoriously difficult to bleed the air from the steering system. By following the instructions in the TBs, the installer can be sure that Remy products will operate as they should from the first installation.

“TB85 was created because of a number of pumps being returned under warranty and - on test at our factory - the pumps were deemed as NFF (No Fault Found). So we investigated this and some of the comments on the warranty returns forms stated things like “Noisy pump”, “Pump getting hot and noisy!” We realized that this was due to lack of fluid within the pump. It was running dry. TB 85 provides the thorough process required for ensuring that all air is bled from the system. It also states that if the pump is noisy after the system is bled then the process should be repeated. It can often take more than two cycles of bleeding the system to ensure that all air is extracted from the system. If the pump is allowed to run dry the internal polished cam will become scored leading to the pumps failure.

“We will also include TB-83 in the box with certain steering rack part numbers as these racks are for the same applications and, if the rack is changed, then there is a possibility that the pump could run dry if not bled fully.”