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Originally Posted by OK-944
ps...I could not re-edit the above to include this photo of how the above mentioned rack lock "dimple" should look (while also checking the position of the milled flat as seen above) as viewed through the inspection/locking port in the lower rack:
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OK-944, that is a good picture to illustrate the rack-centering dimple.
You probably already know this, but the inside of that hole is threaded (M12x1.5, I think). And, you can get a bolt that size, grind a blunt point on its tip and screw it in to hold the rack in that centered position as you put it back in the car.
Keeps it from getting back off center as you are trying to work the steering U-joint back on. Once the rack is installed, just unscrew the bolt and install the plastic cover plug back in the hole.
I have such a bolt somewhere, but couldn't readily lay hands on it to post a picture.