Squirrley steering

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

My crumple tube needs reinforcing. My steering is unmanageable and I
know that the tube is part of the problem but I've observed something
else;

I've had someone in the car to turn the steering wheel from
lock-to-lock.

Here's a twist: The entire steering rack is -sliding- from side to
side in it's mounts when you turn the wheel.

The frame metal isn't shifting like I thought. The brackets aren't
shifting. the rack is slipping in the rubber bushings in the brackets,
or rather the bushings (and rack) appear to be slipping in the brackets.

I know I need to fix the crumple tube but for the steering rack, do I
just need new bushings? Are the mounts broken? They don't look like
it. There are no cracks or sharp metal. The bolts underneath don't
look like they've backed off.

Can anyone take a picture of their brackets for me? I'm looking for a
view from above, through the brake master cylinder access plate.

What I don't understand is, it looks like the brackets were welded to
the crumple tube at the factory, yet there are bolts underneath to
remove them so obviously they come out.

I don't quite understand what I'm looking at. Help?

Rich
#5335