The bolts are tight, there is no coupler on my shaft.
it’s a solid Borgenson unit from LMR. It’s all U joints but yes they are tight.
The final clamp onto the rack input is tight, I can watch the shaft turn the input into the rack as we wiggle the steering wheel. That’s how I know movement is...
I’ll see if I can pull it apart over the thanksgiving holiday.
One point, the play is there whether the car and therefore rack is powered on or off. It’s same in both conditions.
wouldn’t this eliminate the motor / belt as a likely root cause?
The rack did come out of wrecked car best I recall. It’s been about 9 months.
it’s a quiet rack tho, no damage I can see on it.
The guy I bought it from was parting out a 2011/2012 v8 car.
Correct. this is different from steering feel.
This is the issue
say you turn the wheel 90 degrees and held it there you could wiggle the steering wheel plus or -5°. Inside of those that +-5° range there is no effect on the wheels or steering input.
You can repeat this trial when the steering...
Good day everyone,
I’ve been fighting steering play on my 05’ Mustang for a while. It’s not a S550, but the parts used were.
Throughout the steering range, not just on center the car has about an inch of total free play in the steering.
In an attempt to correct and replace worn components the...