I'm having problems once again in an attempt to get my car on the road again.
Originally I had a 4 cyl that I converted to 5.0. I kept the rack, shaft and column from the 2.3 but since the rack was leaking at the ends I just bought a new GT rack from Autozone. When the bolt is in the shaft (towards the dash) the shaft is about 3/4 of an inch short of the groove at the rack. I know for a fact that the shafts from 2.3s and 5.0s are the same because I have both side by side. My question is:
is the 5.0 column longer? or did I end up with a stupid parts guy that gave me a rack of an 84 or something? Is there perhaps something else I'm missing here?
Originally I had a 4 cyl that I converted to 5.0. I kept the rack, shaft and column from the 2.3 but since the rack was leaking at the ends I just bought a new GT rack from Autozone. When the bolt is in the shaft (towards the dash) the shaft is about 3/4 of an inch short of the groove at the rack. I know for a fact that the shafts from 2.3s and 5.0s are the same because I have both side by side. My question is:
is the 5.0 column longer? or did I end up with a stupid parts guy that gave me a rack of an 84 or something? Is there perhaps something else I'm missing here?