[Shotimes] Loose Steering Rack

[Paul Nimz]

Be sure to tightening up the pinch bolt under the rubber boot at the floor
before you spend money on anything.


Paul


On 5/26/2005 1:33:55 PM, Peter Chase (pbchase@gmail.com) wrote:
> Since I bought my 92 MTX back in December, I've been annoyed by a
> large amount of play in the steering wheel which makes it hard to
> track straight on the highway and exacerbates torque steer around
> town.  It feels like the problem is at the coupIing between the rack
> and the column because I can feel when the all the slack is taken up
> and the rack starts to provide resistance.  I read the article about
> tightening the pinch bolt where the rack attaches to the column and
> tried to tighten the bolt but it was already cinched down.  Even after
> backing off the bolt and retightening it, the play was still there.
> Is there a way to somehow take up the slack in the coupling or am I
> loking at replacing the rack.  If the latter is my only option, do I
> need to replace it with a SHO-specific rack or will a reman SLO rack
> (Ford part # F3DZ3504AX) do?
> Thanks,
> Pete
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