[kcf7z]

This may be an elementary (stupid) question, but here goes...

I have disassembled my steering rack and I am in the process of rebuilding and reassembling it.

When the rack is set in place and the pinion reinstalled, is it necessary to bias the rack away from driver's side of the car or will the rack simply turn from tie rod to tie rod and then once the tie rod ends are connected to the struts, this will create the correct bias and then the attachment can be made at the steering column?

I just dont want to have to learn the hard way and have to disassemble.

If it does have to be biased, I obviously did not measure this prior to removing the pinion, does anyone have this measurement?