[DML] Re: Exceptional steering rack rebuild???

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Outer passenger side bushing and the steering column bushing were the 
biggies. The car only has about 3000 miles on it so everything else 
was perfect, no rust, good rod-ends, etc. The column bushing was the 
original rubbery thing and the rack end bushing had disintegrated 
into little pieces of plastic in the past 20 years. 

The lack of the rack bushing caused about 1/4 inch of play in the 
front wheels. Grab both tires at once, pull together and push apart. 
Nothing should move (you need long arms for this one). In this case 
the tires would move, and you could see the inner rod end go up and 
down about 1/2 inch(about the dimension of the missing bushing).

The column bushing, if gone, will cause a lot of vabration in the 
steering wheel itself. The test for that is to yank the wheel up and 
down. It should not move. 

Dave Swingle

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nick Kemp" <nkemp@xxxx> wrote:
> So what are the details about the steering rack rebuild?  I have a 
front end
> vibration I've not been able to track down.  Could this be it?
> 
> Nick






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