Steering Linkage Failure

[Mastertech5]

I have mine all in the lower holes with no issues. Make sure your shafts aren't too long and hitting part of the joint. They shouldn't extend further than the opening in the joint. You can round off the ends of the shafts to side in clearance. Make sure the rack splined shaft isn't inserted too far into the joint.

[peterh226]

I have mine all in the lower holes with no issues. Make sure your shafts aren't too long and hitting part of the joint. They shouldn't extend further than the opening in the joint. You can round off the ends of the shafts to side in clearance. Make sure the rack splined shaft isn't inserted too far into the joint.

So frustrating. It is the ujoint itself that was binding. All of the end of the shafts are good, just the geometry of the joint. I think that it’s a tolerance issue. Do you have power steering?

[Mastertech5]

So frustrating. It is the ujoint itself that was binding. All of the end of the shafts are good, just the geometry of the joint. I think that it’s a tolerance issue. Do you have power steering?

Yes. If you have a Dremel type tool you could radius down the areas that are hitting.

[peterh226]

here you can see the mark from the ujoint. I’m going to check the shafts for runout next. I’m still chasing some king of binding as steering is loosening up after about 10 miles.

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