Does anyone know the correct way to adjust the slack out of a steering rack. Ive heard about 5 diff stories about how to do it and whats correct and whats not. I would really love to get this fixed. The slack is from side to side and in the box itself. You can grab either of the front wheels when the front end is on jackstands wiggle the wheel from left to right and hear it "clanking" inside the box.

 

this ish moves fast...bump for a reason i almost wrecked on I40

 

do you have power steering? maybe your rack is shot.

 

yeah its power....im getting ready to buy another one but wanted to check first

 

so theres no way to adjust it?

 

Check to make sure the two U joints in the steering column are not worn out. One is #5, and the other is part of #1. Once they wear, they will cause excess play.




Modified by 94eg! at 8:20 AM 6/1/2005

 

Also the tie rod ends might need to be tightened a little further down on their shafts. I'm not sure how much adjustability is in them on a Civic, but you can give it a try .

 

tie rod ends probably shot.

 

you could try this...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=569090

 

thanks guys, that all helped...ill get out there and try it tomorrow

 

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heres something i just did that helped imensely...my steering column itself was a bit shaky, you could grab the wheel and move it like 1/4" in all directions, didnt feel very solid at all, and it was getting on my nerves....anyways, i loosened #11, then pryed on the bottom of #1, to get the splines to slide further down into #5, once i had #1 forced down into #5 as far as i could, i retightened #11....it worked like a charm, id say for everyone that has even the slightest amt of sloppiness in thier steering, to try this, it was definitely worth it

 

thats not a bad idea either, i wish i could go out and try to fix this but the weather has to be a bitch...o well ill just see if theres anything else i could do tomorrow