Centered rack n pinon but tie rods are funky
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Centered rack n pinon but tie rods are funky
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I went ahead and installed a depowered Integra dc2 steering rack in my 95 Civic coupe . While I had the rack chucked up in the vise on the bench, I turned the pinion all the way to the left and counted each revolution till it stopped to the right. I came up with 3.50 and divided that by half to find the center. Well once everything was bolted into the car, with the inner and tie rods on. I noticed the driver side outer has more threads into the tie rod than the passenger side. Also it turns more to the left than the right. So where did I go wrong?
I went ahead and installed a depowered Integra dc2 steering rack in my 95 Civic coupe . While I had the rack chucked up in the vise on the bench, I turned the pinion all the way to the left and counted each revolution till it stopped to the right. I came up with 3.50 and divided that by half to find the center. Well once everything was bolted into the car, with the inner and tie rods on. I noticed the driver side outer has more threads into the tie rod than the passenger side. Also it turns more to the left than the right. So where did I go wrong?
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Re: Centered rack n pinon but tie rods are funky
also note that the inner and tie rods are new. so i couldn't go with how many turns they came off at...
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Did you expect just to count the number of turn of a tie rod and it would go straight???
You need an alignment.
You need an alignment.
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Thanks
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Fwiw a good alignment tech will center the steering rack for you anyway.
i had my wheel on a tick off, and when he was done he told me to reinstall the wheel, and there it was perfectly centered.
i had my wheel on a tick off, and when he was done he told me to reinstall the wheel, and there it was perfectly centered.
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