It taes almost one full turn of my steering wheel to make a right hand turn.
WHen i turn theres clicking. It also not very responsive. What needs to be replaced and what is it?

 

Sounds like a clicking cv and a bad rack---or it could just be the rack clicking if they do that when they are bad. Something is fubarred.

 

its not the cv thats for sure.. so rack or gearbox? wht are my options?

- Get a brand new rebuilt on from honda
- Get one from a wrecker
- fix the gearbox

SHould i get an Si or hf rack?

 

which rack is mor responsive?

 

i dont which steering rack is more responsive, but i do know that you do have a 4th option which is to get a rebuilt one (not from honda). i was thinking of doing this myself as i believe my own steering rack is worn out.

here's a link to a shop online who sells them...
http://www.buy-steering.com/Merchant...ry_Code=HONCIV

you can try searching google but i think this is the lowest price listed that i've seen.

hth

 

$200 american for a rack?

i wonder if they ship to canada

MY honda dealer said they they will probably be close to a grand (at the top if his head)

its no fun driving my car anymore, steering is fucked and tranny is fucked and gas mileage sucks now...... gotta save up quickly for my b-series

 

Losing faith in the ol' EF?...copp a remanufactured rack, throw in, align and be done. Getting a junkyard rack is a crapshoot.


[Modified by Ef *****, 1:08 AM 3/23/2003]

 

i'd verify that price for the rack at the dealer...i was told, when i priced out my pistons, that they'd be probably about 100 bucks a pop. He was very wrong, so you may wanna ask for a definate price if it does obligate you in any way.

 

how wrong was he? how off was he?

Theres clicking when i turn. I dont know if its the steering column or the gearbox..

 

if it's just teh steering rack you want then your prices are waaaaay high.......
http://www.firsttexashonda.com/en_US/
it's like $117 for the rack itself.

 

doesnt seem to work for me. IS that all? who are they remanufactuered by?

 

just go to firsttexashonda.com, go to service, parts, tehn enter year, make model. in the parts listing go to steering gear...., then choose steering gear, then manual & you'll see all of the associated parts, teh rack itself is only $117.xx, it doesn't say too much about it, but it shoudl be a genuine Honda part since this is a local dealership.

 

awesome. i wonder if i can get something at that price up here in canada...... ill print it out and see what they can do

btw i looked at steering gear and its 4 tiems as much as the rack assembly


[Modified by G2-Rex, 3:57 PM 3/24/2003]

 

i think there was an old post about the hf steering racks. you dont have to turn the wheel as much to turn?

 

Crxer - I had heard that too, but since I have no info on it I didn't want to throw it out there prematurely & be wrong. But, since there are now 2 of us, there may be something to that........

 

well either way i think its going to be an expensive fix!!