steering rack

[sukchew at cox-internet.com (Chuck Blue)]

I just finished taking a look at it and I think I can bend a wrench so it 
will work.I'm going to wait untill the trans is back in before attempting 
the adjustment.That way verything will be hooked up with less chance of a 
screw up and it will be easier to center.
Thanks for the information.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Forbess" <gforbess@attglobal.net>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@verizon.net>
Cc: "Chuck Blue" <sukchew@cox-internet.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: steering rack


> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:02:29 -0500, "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>My early Scirocco Bentley shows an adjustment for the steering rack.
>>Unfortunately, it's on the firewall side of the rack and getting at it 
>>would
>>probably take an act of God. Either that or removal of the rack. ;^)
>
> I put this off for years until the rattle in the rack became too much.
> There is an adjustment and it isn't easy, but you can remove the d/s
> front wheel and get at it through the opening for the tie rod in the
> body.  It's a 17mm lock nut with an 8mm adjustment stud, IIRC.
> There's hardly any room to swing the large wrench.  I had to alternate
> between two different ones with slightly different offset on the box
> end to loosen and tighten the lock nut.
>
> My Bentley shows some trick wrench with an arc in the handle used to
> get at the lock nut from the top side.
>
> It is not an easy adjustment to get right without some trial and error
> and doing it with the rack removed may not give you the true feel of
> it without the steering column/wheel hooked up.  What feels right at
> the center will be too tight about 1/10 of a steering wheel turn in
> either direction as the rack wears more there.  Good Luck.
>
>
>
> Gordon
> 75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm