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Post by fellows on Feb 25, 2019 15:43:50 GMT
Quick one for you good folks...
I'm just reinstalling my steering rack to a new subframe, and I can't remember - should the brackets, when tightened properly, be in contact with the subframe or can there be a gap as long as the bolts are torqued correctly.
I ask as on the drivers side I'm struggling to get it to side flush but it seems wrong to leave a gap (and naturally that is the side where the rear bolt is a nightmare to get to!).
Cheers
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Post by wannabe on Mar 4, 2019 16:44:06 GMT
Hey!
Did you sort this?
I would have thought that the brackets should meet the subframe...
(There's not a bush between the bracket and subframe, is there?)
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Post by Whistler on Mar 4, 2019 21:52:31 GMT
They should clamp tight to the subframe.
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Post by fellows on Mar 5, 2019 18:58:57 GMT
Sorry, meant to update this.
Yes, they do clamp up with a little heft. The issue I had was on my Rocketeer swap, the rear bolt on the steering column is very inaccessible so torquing it up isn't possible.
I ended up putting a ball end allen key in at an angle, and then using a ring spanner to force it round (sounds extremely ropey,but I torqued the other bolts properly and then tried to match theirs tightness by feel). It was the best I could do!
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le sigh