As you've discovered, the USA numbers often correspond to something different!
There doesn't actually seem to be any indication of where to find the make of rack fitted to post-95 cars, sort of suggests it was the same rack regardless.
A phone call to your local Volvo main dealer might clear things up, they could almost certainly tell you if there was just one type of rack fitted to post 95 cars, like i linked to before, there is a 1997 940 being broken, i belive the rack is still available and as the rack has to come off to replace the inner track rods (ideally, can be done on some cars
in situ but easier off the car), if it's coming off, it's just as easy to fit a replacement.
In case you've lost/can't find that link, here it is again :
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...54#post2476854
If Volvo confirm that from 96 on the racks are the same you're laughing, it's the same year as yours anyway so there's a very high chance it will be the same as yours.
Could save a lot of head-scratching, heart-searching and wallet-moth eviction to search for funds to by just the new parts to repair your old rack. Once you're mobile again, you can then strip your old rack down at your leisure, evaluate whether it's worth fixing, if so find the bits, rebuild it and seal up the fluid ports to prevent dust/dirt getting in and store it until needed.
