Steering rack
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Play in steering rack
Any info regarding this work would be much appreciated, cheers Neil
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On the MOT advisory does it say where the play is; mounts, track rod ends, the rack itself??? As ABF says the bulkhead can crack esp if the cars been lowered and/or has silly sized wheels and weird geometry.
Also MOTs often complain about the play at the top of the steering column which seems to be a MK1 and MK2 Golf "feature"
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I'd pop back to the garage and confirm what they mean as 'play' is a bit undefined.
The steering rack itself can wear and cause vagueness in the steering. It is adjustable but it's a pain to do as it involves undoing the clamps, undoing the UJ to the steering column and then titling the rack forward (allegedly), then undoing the lock nut, winding in the adjuster slightly, putting it all back together then testing.
Guess what? If it's not tight enough or too tight you have to do it all again!
I couldn't tilt the steering rack far enough forward and ended up taking it out. Not easy with the engine in as you need to break the track rod ends at the steering rack to get it out. At least after doing it 4 times on different cars I can't seem to find a way to get it out without taking off at least one track rod!
But it could be the clamps, the UJ from rack to column or indeed the bearings in the column. Or as stated above the rest of the stuff connecting the wheels to the rack.
Or it could be nothing at all and just 'old cariness' that a younger tester may not be used too.
That probably hasn't helped at all
Sorry
Ian
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I agree the Steering racks are a PITA.
I usually remove both inners and outers, then the down pipe and linkages… I don't have to wiggle it as much or move it from right to left… Like I did the first time with out taking them off…. Then if you have power steering you can only break the hose loose after you have the rack slightly loose in the mount as you can't get your wrench on it.
If you replace the boots make sure that you get the equalization tube back in the boots at the top.
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