On Mon, 25 Sep 1995, Peter Barrance wrote:
>
> It turned out that the play is actually between the
> rack 'tube' and the rack itself. That is to say, the rack can be
> moved transversely to its housing when I push on a road wheel with
Peter,
It is as you suspect. Adjusting the play out of the steering rack
to pinion fit is accomplished by removing shimming washers from beneath
the pinion holddown nut. Remove enough shims to take up the play, but be
sure that the rack doesn't bind at the extreme limits of its travel.
Naturally, the rack teeth located near the center of the rack will wear
more than the teeth at the sides, because the rack is usually near the
centered position.
Good luck,
Greg
Greg Meboe meboe@wsunix.wsu.edu
Web site>> http://www.scs.wsu.edu/~meboe
Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University, Pullman, Wa.
'85 XJ-12 H.E. (daily) '67 Spit-6 '74 TR-6
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