Re: Flunk inspection/took my steering rack apart

["David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

Service manual calls for 0.3 pints (about 6 ounces) of 90W gear oil. 
Lak of oil by itself will not cause play in the rack, but will cause 
things to wear out faster.

If you have it this far apart the source of the play should be 
obvious, either the inner tie rod ends, the tie rods themselves, or 
backlash in the rack&pinion gears. The other place I've seen play is 
excessive wear on the slide bearings at the end of the housing where 
the rack slides back and forth. 

Dave Swingle

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, johndmc57@xxxx wrote:
> I . . took my steering rack apart. I mean really apart 
> (everything). Suprise, there are no bushings in the steering rack. 
> Tommorrow I am going to take it to the inspection station and show 
> these guys there are no bushings in the rack. My question is, would 
> lack of oil cause play in the rack, mine was almost dry, and what 
> would you put in for oil after I fix any leak.