pinion seal and power steering

[beaufort-fj60]

I am flipping through a stack of receipts from the PO, on one of them a mechanic wrote:

"steering box has a pinion seal leak"

can anyone take a guess at what part this guy called a pinion seal, it was a bmw-mercedes-porsche-audi-vw-volvo mech.

 

[Waggoner5]

Possibly the seal that goes at the input shaft from the steering shaft, but I have not seen one of those leak. I also have not heard of a pinion seal on a steering box.
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[beaufort-fj60]

the pinion seal on the steering box comment had me confused. not really sure what part or where the mechanic was referring to

 

[karlec]

Could be he means pitman seal, the seal on the pitman shaft. My '84 leaked from the steering gear input shaft seal until I used PS stopleak.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Input seal I would assume... I have heard alot of "input" gears called pinions... Even on transmissions.

 

[KLF]

Could be he means pitman seal, the seal on the pitman shaft. My '84 leaked from the steering gear input shaft seal until I used PS stopleak.

Actually, the shaft that sticks out of the bottom of the steering box is commonly called the "sector shaft". And it does have a seal around it, and they do leak sometimes. The sector shaft seal is leaking badly on my son's 4Runner.

You're confusing terms with the "pitman arm".

 

[Tapage]

Could be he means pitman seal, the seal on the pitman shaft. My '84 leaked from the steering gear input shaft seal until I used PS stopleak.

I thought that is .. I have the same experience on my box.