steering rack

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

I really think you should try adjusting it while you have the trans out. If 
you need to remove it for any reason it's much easier now than with the 
trans back in place.
Depending on how anal you want to get you might want to go ahead and pull 
the rack, clean everything up, regrease and reinstall.
If it was me (and I'm really anal about this type of stuff) I'd do that and 
adjust it on the bench, then install it and make sure the adjustment feels 
good with the car in the air turning it lock to lock.
Dan

From: "Chuck Blue" <sukchew@cox-internet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:03 PM

>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

> From: "Gordon Forbess" <gforbess@attglobal.net>
> 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
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