Thread: Rosso Rescue Project Steering Rack Update
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Old 10-11-2007, 03:15 AM
Alfisto Steve Alfisto Steve is offline
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Originally Posted by DPDISXR4Ti View Post
After seeing this, I'm thankful I've got an early car with a non-dampened rack. But is access any easier with the non-dampened rack, or would you still recommend dropping the sub-frame?

On an only somewhat related note, several years ago when I had some body work done and the sub-frame replaced, the steering wheel was allowed to rotate 90 degrees when they had it apart. Naturally, they re-assembled it exactly that way, and to this day my steering wheel is 90 degrees off. Since you're in there Steve, any thoughts on whether I might be able to open up a pinch bolt and rotate the steering wheel back where it belongs without un-bolting anything else?
I think maybe with early models the universal joint(s) can be disconnected from rack and steering column as I remember but on this 93 it seems only one removeable joint at rack and one at column was removable. I had to drop subframe to get rack off U-joint. Maybe I missed something but I needed the room anyway to get to rack bolts and to get to heat shield.
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