So I took my car to a shop (93 Prelude) beacuse there was excessive play in the steering wheel...

Outter tie rods were fine, so I was thinking it was either going to be time for a new(reman) rack/pinion or just inner tie rods.

Turns out it was none of the above... apparently it needed new 'steering couplings'


Can someone educate me as to what those are/what it does? Also what it should cost to replace em'?

Is this something that usually comes with a reman rack/pinion from like napa?

I tried doing some searching and nothing specifically about that topic.

My svc manuals are in a different city right now too so I cant really look it up. though even if i did i'm not sure if it'd explain why it does what it does and what it should cost.

Thanks for any help you guys can offer!

 

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It connects the steering column to the steering rack.

 

so if a steering rack was purchased at say auto zone, this part wouldn't usually be included in the reman part right?

also what would getting this replaced cost? (roughly)