i hear the the hf steering rack from a crx is alot better than the si rack is that true ? and should stick with the si rack or the hf ?

 

oh great now i founbd out that a STD is alot quicker than si/dx. i want something that will make me turn real good with out having to thurn the steering wheel 1/2 left or right for an exit.....so will a std/hf help out ?

 

never heard about it but i'd like to know also...
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i know in the 1st gen crx's the hf has the quickest ratio rack but im not sure if it carries over....

 

chech the u-joint in the steering column 1st. i had a lot of play in that on a crx i had. a new one solved it. its an easy thing to check before you go and drop out the rack.

 

the u joint at the end of the steering column ?

 

Down under the dash, on the floor, where the steering column connects to the steering rack, is the U-joint he's talking about. I think that's the one he's talking about.

As far as I've ever been able to find in any of my CRX factory service manuals, all '88-'91 CRXs got the exact same steering rack, at least in the US. The myth about the HF being a quicker rack is misleading; the HF rack IS a quicker one ON THE FIRST-GENERATION CRX ONLY. It's not that big a difference, either (3.6 turns lock-to-lock vs. 4.2). I put one in my '87 Si, but the biggest difference I notice is that it's harder to hold it on-center on the highway. It's more twitchy and nervous.

I can't say if the Civic STD got a different rack or not, but I'd bet it's the same.

Mike