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Originally Posted by Ferrino View Post
That is a lot of play. Mine wasn't that bad but it was very noticeable at a standstill. The culprit in my case was a loose nut that fastens the yoke to the pinion - it's the nut seen at the top of the photo below (stolen from another thread). The yoke is what the rubber donut/isolator/coupling attaches to and will be seen when you remove the black plastic shroud at the very bottom of the lower steering column. I rebuilt my rack and then replaced the nut with a nyloc nut and some red loctite!

I also noticed mine at a standstill. Can I get to that nut (yoke to pinion) from underneath the car? Is there enough room to slide the plastic shroud up? However, it looks like I would have to take the two bolts off to seperate the yoke from the pinion to get a socket on the nut.

Juergen
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