Like you guys, there is play in my steering, 1 inch like Chris Red V8. I noticed that my power steering fluid is a pasty gray color. I'm suspecting water got inAnyway, I've got the car scheduled to have the steering rack and inner and outer tie rods replaced. Sounds like I need to look at replacing the steering shaft as well. It looks like the part # for the MM shaft assembly is MMST-14 or MMST-15 if you want the manual version. It'll be a couple of weeks but I'll report back on the results. I'll go ahead and do the aluminum steering rack bushings as well.
Bchilt
I'll get the shaft tommorow, but if it isn't it, yikes. Couldn't I in theory test for slop in the rack by starting the car on a lift, disengage the cobra shaft, and put a wrench somehow on the rack input and move it around? Or even do that without the motor running.
The other culprit is inside the car, I don't like the idea of pulling and replacing the column, clockspring, etc.
WHen i bought the car 3 yrs ago my PS fluid was black. I flushed it then and again a year later. Both times after the fluid circulated it turned black. I have something deterioriating in there. But 3 yrs. of hard driving autocrossing and open tracking and I havent had any problems (except overheating fluid seeping from the weep hole on the reservoir cap). So I say HELL with the black fluid....I'll keep flushing it yearly and I'm sure it will keep turning black...BUT it has caused no problems and I'm not gonna change anything till something fails.
or its the column itself above the steering shaft.
Something else you can try. If you have CC plates pull the strut back towards rear of car as far as it will go to get as much positive caster as possible. This provides a much better steering experience.
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