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Old July 14th, 2009, 09:52 PM   #1
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help me please befor i set it on fire


long story short i replaced my steering rack yesterday and the was turned 3 full turns while
rack was out of the car now i can only turn the steering wheel 2 turns left sounds and feels
like something is about to brake in steering wheel i also notched some slack in the wheel

someone else told me i my have F'up the "clock spring" AKA slid contact inside steering wheel ?

questions are A how much dose this spring cast, B how do i put it in ?
C whit would cause the slack car is a 03 GT
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Old July 15th, 2009, 12:55 PM   #2
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fire?


make sure you take photos and post them when you set it on fire
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My steering wheel has also developed some play. If im just cruising, u can wobble the steering wheel back and forth within about 1.5" and it doesnt turn. Just real loose play. What could that be?

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Old July 15th, 2009, 01:15 PM   #4
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my wheel also has play in it pics of fire plz.
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Old July 15th, 2009, 01:44 PM   #5
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i think thats normal.. because mine does it too..!
not sure tho
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If the steering wheel has excessive play I'd check the ball joints.
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i replaced my ball joints bout 5-6 months ago when i did my lowering springs.
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what i ment to say was i turned the steering wheel 3 full turns with the steering rack out im told i fucked up the air bag coil /clock spring

as far as the slack go's it didn't have any before i swapped racks ball joints are good im going to install my lowering springs in a few days what should i inspect ?

BTW im holding of the fire for now but enjoy the random pics sorry for the image quality
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