Yeah, the tab ended up being $590.10 total with tax. Nice huh? So once they replaced the rack itself, everything seems to be real good. The power steering pump is suprisingly quiet too (usualy they are noisy for a while till the air gets worked out), it is a little bit louder than usual, but only a very small bit.
I am having a problem though. It is kinda strange, but there is a little bit of play in the wheel. It seems like the linkage is a bit loose or something (which really pisses me off). I took it back up to the shop this morning and although kind of a minor problem, they seemed to respect how annoying it is and they did notice that there is play in the wheel and I told them that it is getting worse too. They are looking at it for me, how annoying. Anyway, that is the update... I guess it was the rack all of this time from the start. What a wierd problem to have. I have never known a car to have a bad steering rack before.
