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Steering Rack Change Over


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Guest leswrxsti@yahoo.co.uk

hey folks i have found out that its the steering rack that has gone on the cabby and was wondering if anyone could shed some light as to the easiest way to go about changing this?

i did one a while ago on a mondeo are these much the same?

cheers

les

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if its not power then its just track rod ends , 4 x nuts attaching it to the car 3/4" i think (you have to fold back the tabs on the safety anti turn fixing to turn the nuts ) be warned !! ) , just tap them with a strong flat head and hammer then fold them back the same after the other rack is in , and 1 x 1/2" clamp fixing on the connection to the steering column,the steering rack to column connection is splined also.

Wouldn't like to do it again as i did it on my own and the clamp fixing is a bugger as it goes onto a spline bar and the bit you have to get it back on goes into the cabin of the car , so try and get a friend to hold it as i had to in the end after trying to jam it to stay out of the cabin for 1/2 a day !!!!, reckon you maybe able to use long clamps in the footwell area to hold it .

Hope this helps mate its a mk3 se cab mine so not sure if yours is 100% the same but it can't be much different i imagine.

 

692SECAB

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Guest leswrxsti@yahoo.co.uk

its power steering im affraid so its the whole lot to come out :mad:

oh its a mk6 1.6 zetec if that helps

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