Slack in the steering wheel

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There's about a good 1-2 inches of slack in the steering wheel; meaning that i can move the steering wheel left and right, and it doesn't move the wheels.

If i turn off the car, and lock the steering wheel, the slack is gone. Anyone have any ideas what to check for first? Thanks!

 

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Smokeurhonda

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Check all steering components. Including steering shaft and tierods ends. Most likely tierods or ball joints but get under there with a prybar and see what's loose.

 

AdRock

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I bet money that the rag joint is toast.

 

BennyBlown2v

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Rag joint on the steering shaft is the main thing, then inner tie rod ends, and then after that extremely loose/worn rack bushings.

 

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Where would the rag joint be? I doubt it's the inner tierods as I changed them about 10k miles ago.

 

AdRock

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Follow the shaft down from the firewall and you'll see it, or what's left of it. It's a rubber ring.

Hopefully the pic below will link correctly. Look at the top right of the picture. That rubber ring is the rag joint.

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Smokeurhonda

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AdRock said:

Follow the shaft down from the firewall and you'll see it, or what's left of it. It's a rubber ring.

Hopefully the pic below will link correctly. Look at the top right of the picture. That rubber ring is the rag joint.

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Can you replace just the joint or do you need a whole new shaft?

 

AdRock

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As far as I know you can replace just the rag joint.

 

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sounds like I'd have to drop the kmember to service the joint?

 

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no you dont. just unbolt the pinch bolt and pry the steering shaft off the rack.

 

kalvick

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or you can buy a steering shaft from maximum motorsports or something. They say theres eliminates the steering wheel movement and not moving the tires.

 

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I inspected my car on my day off, and the orange thing on the shaft (rag joint?) is no longer there. How do I go about putting one back on? Doesn't seem like I can stretch one over the bottom portion that bolts into the rack. Thanks!

 

deftsound

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might be the rack, in which case it's not too hard to fix. I did it on my 91, got a new rack from autozone for 100$ and had it replaced in under 3 hours and it was my first time doing it...

 

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Uh, resurecting the dead here, but what if you can't get the darn thing out because of long tubes? Does it mean k member time?