JJ's civic

i'm removed the four bolts and unbolted it from the steering wheel but sumthing is holding the rack on anyone know.

Tyson

you "unbolted it from the steering wheel"?

did you unbolt the U joint from the BOTTOM of the steering column? or just the steering wheel???

thats all you need to do, other than pop off the tie rod ends. you can leave the inner tie rods on and get the rack out by a series of movements.

JJ's civic

what you mean a u joint but yes i did unbolt it from the colums and the four holding it up under.

Tyson

this is a U-joint Universal joint).



there are one or two ujoints at the BOTTOM of the steering column, near the pedals. you take off the plastic cover. there is a 10mm bolt you must take out that is locking the pinion shaft of the steering rack.

did you take that 10mm bolt out?

and if you did, the steering rack will drop.

JJ's civic

yes i did and sumthing is still holding it up it's loose just won't fall out.

Tyson

not sure what else to tell you. there should be nothing but a bit of friction on the pinion shaft left holding it up.

JohnnieChimpo

Does the car have power steering?

JJ's civic

no it's not power steering should i of taken the u joint off the bottom?

Tyson

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by joeny12985 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no it's not power steering should i of taken the u joint off the bottom?</TD></TR></TABLE>

wtf??? do you understand what i said to you?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is a U-joint Universal joint).



there are one or two ujoints at the BOTTOM of the steering column, near the pedals. you take off the plastic cover. there is a 10mm bolt you must take out that is locking the pinion shaft of the steering rack.

did you take that 10mm bolt out?

and if you did, the steering rack will drop. </TD></TR></TABLE>

first damn instruction in taking off the steering rack. look at the 22N-m arrow is pointing to.

JJ's civic

thankx tyson i did get it off what i did wrong was i took the wrong bolt off the u joint i took the one on top instead of on the bottom. thankx