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steering rack play 745

posted by  runwld2 on  Fri Sep 17 10:07 CST 2010
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Make sure the rack is bolted into the crossmember tight.
Can you feel this in the steering wheel?
740 racks do fail often because of bad seals in the power steering area resulting in hard effort especially when cold.
If you have play in the rack, I'd say replace it, about $200 for the part.

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New steering rack play 745
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