> You are saying the if the lip of the bushing is worn away it won't > catch the flange on the bracket, right? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! oh wait, what? Thats not what I was implying, but that could very well be the case. I meant that the flange on the rack might have worn into the bushing. The bushing come right off the rack. When I replaced my rack, I was disenchanted by the engineering that holds the rack in. There looked like there was no good way to mess up the assembly. I guess it is possible that my setup was not right from the PO. >From what I recall, there are 2 flanges on the rack. The only thing that keeps the rack from sliding back and forth is these two flanges. The two U-bolts, I think, do not do shite for holding the rack in place. The U-bolt does hold a bushing, which in turn touches the flanges. The u-bolts are both to the inner (or outer, I forget) of the flanges on the rack. So, one u-bolt prevents the rack from moving in one direction, the other u-bolt prevents the rack from moving in the other direction. The setup looked kinda flaky to me- I didn't find anything that made the steering setup really sturdy/static. Of course, this could all be wrong. I'm just telling you how my car is set up. If everything i know is wrong, please someone let me know. Jim > It seems like I had many things fail at once. The crumple assembly > collapsed, the bushings gave out and I still bet my tie-rod ends > need > replacing. > > The screwed up part is, the actual welding is probably not hard and > won't cost a fortune but no one I've talked to wants to be > responsible > and I simply do not have the skill to do this. I'm reading about it > but I'd need a lot of practice first. > > As usual, good answers guys. Thanks. > > Rich ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3856299.5103760.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1754452/R=0/SIG=11tjeu2hk/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0178324&partid=3856299> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3856299.5103760.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1754452/rand=750904331> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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